Object Number 1959.1756

Object Name

Bank (Coin bank or money box)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Richard C. Remmey (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1880-1890

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Molded, Pierced, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

7.402 (H) , 4.272 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.8 (H) , 10.85 (Diam)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Wierenga, Lee. 05//2010 Crocks, Jugs and Jars: Decorated American Stoneware. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 5-10.
• Published: p. 10, fig. 12
[Article] Beckerdite, Luke & Hunter, Robert. 01//2007 Earth Transformed: Early Southern Pottery at MESDA and Old Salem. Antiques. 160-169.
• A jug by Remmey illustrated in fig. 10, p. 165
[Book] Rogers, Carole G. 1977 Penny Banks: A History and Handbook.
• related information on banks.
[Thesis] Myers, Susan Helen. 1977 Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. M.A. George Washington University
• Information on Remmey.
[Book] Whisker, James Biser. 1993 Pennsylvania Potters: 1660-1900.
• Information on Remmey.
[Book] Greer, Georgeanna H. 1981 American Stonewares: The Art and Craft of Utilitarian Potters.
• Information on Remmey.
[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Generally similar form stoneware bank with dotted bird, probably by same hand: p. 187, no. 256, inscribed "Anna Jamison", by Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, c. 1885
[Article] Janowitz, Meta F. 2008 "New York City Stonewares from the African Burial Ground". Ceramics in America. 41-66.
• Whole article: discussion of Crolius and Remmey family salt-glazed stoneware from burial ground.