Object Number 1960.0699

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

R. Gerber (Possible maker)
Pottery dish 1960.0654 attributed to R. Gerber based on inscription: "R.G" and similarity to piece attr. to R. Gerber in the PMA (see The PA German Coll, p 170 Cat 18). Similarity in execution of leaves, star-like flower blooms and boarding "swags." Note for pottery dish 1960.0699 states "RG" is possibly Rudolph Graber, Montgomery Co. Stoudt attr. to Andrew Headman. PMA says RG is R. Gerber [Graber]

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1819

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface; Incised through slip "RG" and "1819"

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.772 (H) , 11.732 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.5 (H) , 29.8 (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. 95
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 197, fig. 186, possibly Rudolph Graber, Montgomery County PA
[Book] Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published: p. 318
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 134-5, in situ in Fraktur Room
[Book] Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• "RG 1811" sgraffito dish, said to be HF du Pont's: p. 317, with more crudely executed initials but quite similar vase holding tulips.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar dish attributed to Gerber in catalogue for the Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, April 20-21, 2007, p.179, cat. no. 727