1958.0595 Plate
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Plate (Dinner plate)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    William Gregg (Commisioning party)

  • Place of Origin:

    Probably Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1738

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0595


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Object Number

1958.0595

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Gregg (Commisioning party)
1695-1747

Place of Origin

Probably Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1738

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Central reserve; Underglaze blue painted "WG/1738"

Subjects

Quaker; American ownership history (foreign manuf)

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.12 (H) , 8.81 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.86 (H) , 22.38 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2001 Chinese Motifs on English Earthenware and Stoneware at Winterthur. Washington Antiques Show Catalogue. 84-86.
Published: p. 86, fig. 5
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
"WG" plate from same set plus six other Quaker plates: pp. 14-15, figs. 1.16-1.17
[Article] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 05//1988 "Chester County Historical Society's '1738' Delft Plates. Chester County Antiques Show. 5-11.
Article on such plates.
[Book] Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
"G/TD/1738" plate ordered, probably at same time, by Quaker: p. 73, fig. 103 & p. 217, no. 365, Thomas & Dinah Gregg, Kenneth Meeting, Chester Cty, PA
[Book] Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
"IA/1738" plate ordered, probably at same time, by Quaker: p. 217, no. 364, John Allen (d. 1771), London Grove, Chester Cty, PA
[Book] Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
"WB/1738" plate ordered, probably at same time, by Quaker: p. 217, no. 363, William Beverley, Kennett Sq., Chester Cty, PA
[Book] Lindsey, Jack L. 1999 Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758.
"D/IS/1738" plate ordered, probably at same time, by Quaker: p. 217, no. 365, probably John Dixon and Sarah Hollingsworth (m.1724), Chester Cty, PA
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
"L/WE/1738" plate ordered probably at same time, by Quaker: January 11, 2008, lot 119, probably William (1688-1747) and Elizabeth (1720-73) Levis.