Object Number 1960.0562

Object Name

Bowl

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Greiseiner Pottery (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1800-1865

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Typed label affixed to bottom reads: "Made at the Griesemer [sic] Pottery at Hereford".

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Slip decorated, Trailed

Dimensions (inches)

3.1 (H) , 10 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.874 (H) , 25.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar form bowl with similar wavy slip line border, green band within rim, and near well a band of manganese rough dots: February 6, 2009, lot 113, Pennsylvania or Maryland, 19th century.