Crafting Freedom: The Life and Legacy of Free Black Potter Thomas Commeraw

The exhibition examines the life and work of Thomas Commeraw who was born to an enslaved family and then rose to prominence as a free Black entrepreneur who owned and operated a successful pottery in Lower Manhattan. The exhibit includes a gray salt-glazed stoneware jar fragment that is part of the Repository's collections. It  bears Commeraw's distinctive mark—a stamped and cobalt-filled swag and tassel. Learn more about this object here: https://bit.ly/3CDrVz5 and be sure to see it on display with more of Commeraw's work at The New-York Historical Society as well as much more about his life: https://bit.ly/3ixhC8P