ALBANY, N.Y.- After hiding away in private collections – and a California coat closet – for nearly 200 years, a valuable piece of early American decorative art returns home to New York, where it will be available for the public to enjoy at the New York State Museum thanks to a generous donation by collector Adam Weitsman, President of Upstate Shredding. At the same time, Weitsman also donated a monumental jug, two water coolers deemed ‘important’ by the museum and a gallon jug decorated with the image of a ship. “The addition of these recent pieces of decorated stoneware surely put the New York State Museum on the map as having the premier collection of American stoneware. Not only are the decorations unique and outstanding as works of American folk art, but the documentation and history of these recent acquisitions enable us to learn so