1959.2188 Slipware cistern
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Water cooler (Cistern)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Slago Pottery (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1848-1849

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (buff-colored); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Trailed, Thrown, Incised, Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.2188


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Object Number

1959.2188

Object Name

Water cooler (Cistern)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Slago Pottery (Maker)

Place of Origin

Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America

Date

1848-1849

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Side walls; Around upper center body is incised in the clay are the words "Smith & Jones Slago Pottery", "Zanesville Ohio", and "Smith & Jones." At the lower back almost below the eagle plaque and above the wavy line is the name "Goetz" written in small-size letters.

Subjects

Eagle

Materials

Earthenware (buff-colored); Lead glaze

Techniques

Trailed, Thrown, Incised, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

15.875 (H) , 12.875 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.322 (H) , 32.703 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published on p. 79, fig. 94.