Object Number 1960.0626

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel Troxel (Potter)

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Date

January 20 1846 (1846-1846)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface; Sgrafitto inscription in wet clay: "S.+T."
2. Inscription; Upper surface; Sgrafitto inscription in wet clay: "Ich koche was ich kan; Was mei Sau nicht frest, Das frest mei Man, 1846;(/) F"
3. Inscription; Underside; Incised inscription in wet clay: "Samuel Troxel/ Potter January 20\th 1846;/ Upper Hanover/ Township Montgomery/ County State of/ Pennsylvania".

Subjects

Satire

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.56 (H) , 9.375 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.962 (H) , 23.813 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: fig. # 15
[Book] Kauffman, Henry J. 1964 Pennsylania Dutch: American Folk Art.
• Flowerpot by Troxel: p. 67, with rim inscription (not transcribed) naming maker and original owner.
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 113
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Inscribed, signed, initialed and 1828 (& 1825?) dated Troxal dish: January 11, 2008, lot 387, with American eagle, "Liberty, flowering plant and further inscriptions.
[Article] Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• Published on p. 9, fig. 9.