Cheese Jar

Maker White's Pottery (American, active 1838 - 1907)

Merchant Burrell & Whitman (American, active Little Falls, New York)

Date1885

MediumStoneware

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 3 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.9cm)

ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number75.59

DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware cheese jar and lid with cobalt decoration; raised design of concentric circles.

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Stoneware

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Label TextIn 1885, the Little Falls, New York, firm of Burrell & Whitman registered the trademark for its cheese with the U.S. Patent Office. The flowers in the patented design could be omitted, the application stated, because the essential feature of the trademark was the word “Nosegay.”