Ceramics
Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1840-1850
Stoneware; Salt glaze
Molded, Painted
1959.2729
Object Number1959.2729 |
Spittoon (Cuspidor)
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Southeastern Pennsylvania
1840-1850
1. Mark; Underside; Incised script "Mc/AV Gast/Eagle/ Porcelain Works/ Lancaster City: Pa./Henry Gast S.Q, st/JH"
Eagle
Stoneware; Salt glaze
Molded, Painted
6.26 (H) , 6.693 (Diam)
15.9 (H) , 17 (Diam)
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[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.