Napoleon Jug

c. 1939

Roy Moon

Artist, American, active c. 1935

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.7 x 22.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10" High 5 1/2" Diameter (approx.)

  • Accession

    1943.8.6223

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 376, no. 1333.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Roy Moon; verso: Napoleon Jug, c. 1876. / Cream colored glazed pottery. Relief figure of Napoleon / front of jug / hat being pouring lip, body of jug slightly / lobed.handle on opposite side from figure). Made by Alfred P. Evans, Philadelphia, PA - / Owned by Miss Vera Clum, Madison, N.J.

Wikidata ID

Q64629981

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