Object Number 1960.0640

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Neis (Maker)
1775-1867

Place of Origin

Upper Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1821

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Rim; Sgraffito "1821" and "medel ich seh dirs an das du gern heis ein man/wie ich hab ver nommen wirst du balt ein man bekommen" ("maiden I can tell that you would like a husband/ as far as I can see you shall soon be getting one.")

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.772 (H) , 11.417 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.5 (H) , 29 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Royer, Jennifer, et al. 2020 Thrown, Fired and Glazed: The Redware Tradition from Pennsylvania and Beyond. 184
• Published: p. 80
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: col. pl. 18
[Catalogue] Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• 1823-dated, but otherwise uninscribed Neis dish with same flower and date panel types: p. 149, no. 113a, attributed to John Neis.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Undated example with much the same flower surmounted by bird: January 11, 2008, lot 150, with inscribed rim.
[Catalogue] Glazer, James & Glazer, Nancy. 1982 American Slip-Decorated Earthenware.
• Nase, Neis or "Neesz" dish with horseman figure illustrated and discussed, no.1
[Catalogue] Sotheby & Co. [auction catalogue].
• John Neis plate with flowers in very similar format, dated 1823: January 25, 2014 (NY), Ralph O. Esmerian sale, lot 517, with the plate border being patterned, rather than inscribed.