Object Number 1952.0055

Object Name

Tea canister (Tea bottle)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1794

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On side, near base; Incised "1794"
2. Inscription; On side, near shoulder; Incised "WH"
3. Inscription; On underside; Incised "WH/1794"

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Slip decorated, Sgraffito

Dimensions (inches)

6 (H) , 3.75 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.24 (H) , 9.525 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements from previous record. Out on loan at time of cataloguing.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 129
[Catalogue] Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• 1793 dated example with shorter neck, perhaps by same hand(?): p. 135, no. 95b, tea canister with initials "AM[?]"