1955.0559 Trailed slipware dish
  • 1955.0559 Trailed slipware dish
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Dish

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Simon Singer (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Applebachville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Slip decorated, Trailed, Rouletted (coggled)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0559


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Object Number

1955.0559

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Simon Singer (Maker)
1822-1894

Place of Origin

Applebachville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface; Slip-trailed "S. Singer/ Potter/ Applebachville/ Bucks Co/ Pa.".

Subjects

Masonic imagery

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Trailed, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.772 (H) , 12.992 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.5 (H) , 33 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: p. 193, fig. 170, Simon Singer, Applebachville, Haycock Township, Bucks County PA, 1870-90
[Article] Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
Published: p. 6, fig. 4.
[Article] 1986 [Simon Singer Pottery]. Mercer Mosaic. (May/June)
Article on Simon Singer Pottery (not in library).
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
Singer dish: Sold September 21, 2002, lot 256.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
Signed Singer dish dated 1894: Flack collection sale, October 27, 2012, lot 297, inscribed "Wm. Ziegefuss./Singer's Pottery,/ 1894."
[Catalogue] 09//2006 Pook & Pook Inc. (Sale Catalogue).
Slipware dish inscribed "Gertie Singer": October 13, 2018 sale, lot 16, with script inscription. Notes "purchased at the Singer Estate auction," 1970.