Commeraw in Museums

While the majority of Commeraw’s work currently resides in private hands, many American museums hold Commeraw objects as important components of their ceramics collections. The below was created to serve as a master list of institutional holdings of Commeraw’s pottery, and will continue to grow. If you are a curator or otherwise affiliated with a museum that holds Commeraw’s work, please contact me if it is not listed here. I would love to add it.

Each of these institutions deserves significant credit for helping to secure Thomas Commeraw’s legacy. At times private individuals lend their Commeraw objects to specific exhibitions, and you can follow these on the Events page. (Punctuation key for maker’s marks.)


National Museum of American History

ID Number Form Stamp
1977.0803.115 Jar COERLEARS HOOK; N. YORK
1977.0803.116 Jar COERLEARS / HOOK; N. YORK
CE.63.955 Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE; CORLEARS / HOOK / N.YORK
CE.300894.9 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / N. YORK
1977.0803.140 Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE
1979.0577.18 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE
1977.0803.111 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE
1977.0803.110 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE
1977.0803.107 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE
1977.0803.109 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE
1977.0803.108 Jar CORLEARS / HOOK; N. YORK
2015.0339.01 Oyster Jar D.J. AND Co No 24 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK

New-York Historical Society

Accession Number Form Stamp
1937.820 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / CORLEARS / HOOK / N. YORK
1927.84 Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE; N. YORK / HOOK / CORLEARS
1937.822 Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / N. YORK
1937.821 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / NEW YORK
1928.52 Jug COMMERAW’S / CORLEARS / HOOK

Colonial Williamsburg

Object Number Form Stamp
2021.900.28 Jar COERLEARS / HOOK; N. YORK
2009.900.2 Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE; CORLEARS / HOOK
2024.900.1 Oyster Jar D.J. AND Co No 24 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK

Winterthur

Object Number Form Stamp
1959.1751 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE / N. YORK
1963.0008 Pitcher COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE
2024.900.1 Oyster Jar D.J. AND Co No 24 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK

Historic Hudson Valley

ID Number Form Stamp
VC.59.16 Jar COMMERAW’S; STONEWARE
VC.59.16x Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE; CORLEARS / HOOK / N. YORK
VC.59.62 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / CORLEARS / HOOK / N.YORK

New York State Museum

ID Number Form Stamp
L-2015.5.3 Jar COERLEARS HOOK; N.YORK
Unknown Oyster Jar DANIEL / JOHNSON No 24 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK

Chipstone Foundation

ID Number Form Stamp
Unknown Jar COERLEARS / HOOK ; N.YORK
Unknown Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / CORLEARS / HOOK / N. YORK

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number Form Stamp
18.95.13 Jar COERLEARS HOOK; N. YORK

Brooklyn Museum

Accession Number Form Stamp
43.128.12 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / NEW YORK

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Number Form Stamp
2011.61 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE / N. YORK

DAR Museum

Catalog Number Form Stamp
2023.24 Jar COERLEARS HOOK; N. YORK

Baltimore Museum of Art

Object Number Form Stamp
2021.63 Oyster Jar DANIEL / JOHNSON AND Co No 24 / LUMBER STREET / NEW YORK

Long Island Museum

Catalog Number Form Stamp
1965.005.0206 Jar COERLEARS HOOK; N. YORK

Boscobel House and Gardens

ID Number Form Stamp
Unknown Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE

Grolier Club

ID Number Form Stamp
Unknown Jar COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE; CORLEARS / HOOK

Peabody Essex Museum

Accession Number Form Stamp
103074 Jug COMMERAW’S / STONEWARE

Genesee Country Village & Museum

ID Number Form Stamp
Unknown Jug CORLEARS / HOOK


Punctuation Key: A slash represents a line break; a semi-colon indicates the opposite side of the vessel.