Object Number 1960.0659

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel Troxel (Maker)

Place of Origin

Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probable origin is Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.

Date

1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface; Sgraffito handwritten in wet clay, through slip "A ist ein amtmann verstandig und klug; B ist ein bauer und liebet den pfulg; C ist ein captain und schutzet das land; D ist ein dumkopf und hasset verstand; 1830"

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.875 (H) , 11.375 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.763 (H) , 28.893 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 191, fig., 165, attrib. Samuel Troxel, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County PA
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Inscribed, signed, initialed and 1828 (& 1825?) dated Troxal dish: January 11, 2008, lot 387, with American eagle, "Liberty, flowering plant and further inscriptions.