Object Number 1959.1913

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Possibly Midwest.

Date

1840-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Sidewall below serpent; Incised "Let Him Not Enter Here"

Subjects

Eagle

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Incised

Dimensions (inches)

9.606 (H) , 9.528 (L) , 7.421 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24.4 (H) , 24.2 (L) , 18.85 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 90, no. 89, probably PA, late for incised design. Perhaps 1840s, Mexican War period (1846-48).