Object Number 1959.1922

Object Name

Keg or barrel (Cask or cooler)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Possibly Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States or Germany, Europe or North America

Date

1860-1880

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Outer wall; Stamped (impressed) "N" or "Z" within a circle.

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Pierced, Trailed

Dimensions (inches)

9.606 (H) , 12.874 (L) , 9.252 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24.4 (H) , 32.7 (L) , 23.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1979 Made of Mud II: Redware Potteries in Central Pennsylvania 1783-1903.
• Information on possible maker.
[Book] Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Similar form "cooler", with painted blue floral ornament (not incised): p. 180, no. 242, unmarked.
[Article] Wollett, Bill. 1986 A Miniature Keg. Stoneware Collectors Journal. 3 (3)
• Description of a smaller keg. p.30
[Book] Strauss, von Konrad & Aichele, Frieder. 1980 Steinzeug (Battenberg Antiquitaten-Kataloge).
• German incised and blue-decorated barrel of very similar form, on four feet: p. 103, no. 157, early 19th century. More elaborate decoration, but otherwise similar.