Jug -Asa Burnham

Description

Media Type: Image
Item Type: Images, Electronic
Description: Stoneware jug. Features an ornate leaf design. Inscribed “2. A. A Burnham __ Grocer & Lquor Merchant. Cobourg CW”.

This piece is on loan from the Town of Cobourg.
Notes: Records show that Asa Burnham was born and died in Hamilton Township but he spent most of his life moving around Ontario. He was documented as a Cobourg Citizen between1851 and 1881, although no census indicates he was a store owner. There is a high probability that he owned a store in 1861, the year he was not listed in the Cobourg Census. Otherwise, he would have operated a store in-between or alongside other occupations.
Date of Original: Circa 1855-1885
Copyright Statement: Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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