Object Number 1959.2279

Object Name

Rattle (Monkey)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Milton Hoopes Pottery (Maker)

Place of Origin

Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probable.

Date

1842-1864

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled, Stamped (impressed), Incised

Dimensions (inches)

7.874 (H) , 4.528 (L) , 3.346 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20 (H) , 11.5 (L) , 8.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 55, fig. 53.
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• English salt-glazed brown stoneware seated monkey: p. 131, no. 91, Nottingham, England, seated, holding fruit, "M&A. 1767"; p. 163, no. 132, monkey as Napoleon, Derbyshire