Spittoon (Cuspidor)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1840-1850

  • Materials:

    Stoneware; Salt glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.2729


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.2729

Object Name

Spittoon (Cuspidor)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1840-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Incised script "Mc/AV Gast/Eagle/ Porcelain Works/ Lancaster City: Pa./Henry Gast S.Q, st/JH"

Subjects

Eagle

Materials

Stoneware; Salt glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

6.26 (H) , 6.693 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.9 (H) , 17 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Barber, Edwin AtLee. 1976 The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States & Marks of American Potters.
Discusses Henry Gast pottery on p.118.
[Thesis] Hagadorn, Karen. 02/28/2008 The Legacy of Henry Gast and an Examination of the Impact of Industrialization on Nineteenth Century Pottery in Lancaster. B.A. Franklin and Marshall
Discusses archaeology of the pottery works of Henry Gast
[Article] Lasansky, Jeannette. 09//1982 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pottery. Antiques. 538-547.
Discusses Gast, illustrates a spittoon made from the same mold on p. 542, fig. 8.