Object Details
- Description
- Made in England for the American market, this creamware jug commemorates the first census of the United States taken in 1790.
- The Constitution, adopted in 1787, mandated that the population of the states be counted every ten years to ensure proper representation in Congress. The first census, undertaken by U.S. marshals on horseback, recorded 3.9 million inhabitants in these categories: heads of families, free white males sixteen and older, free white males younger than sixteen, free white females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves.
- ca 1790
- ID Number
- CE.78.48
- catalog number
- 78.48
- accession number
- 1978.0806
- Object Name
- pitcher
- Object Type
- creamware
- Physical Description
- monochrome, black (overall surface decoration color name)
- ceramic (overall material)
- transfer printed (overall production method/technique)
- coarse earthenware (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.2 cm; 6 25/32 in
- Place Made
- United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, Liverpool
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- National Treasures exhibit
- Domestic Furnishings
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- First Census of U.S.
- Record ID
- nmah_582423
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-5122-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
