Object Number 1967.1661

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Absalom Bixler (Possible maker)
1802-1884

David Bixler (Possible maker)
1808
References: Miriam E. Bixler, "David Bixler, Folk Artist," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society," Hilarymas 1977, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 30-8; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 66-7. Both David and his brother Absolam were folk artists. David frequently signed his work on back in English cursive script.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1824 (1850-1880)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Rim; Stamped in wet clay before firing "ABSALOM BIXLER. TO HIS WIFE SARAH./ 1824".

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Stenciled, Sgraffito

Dimensions (inches)

1.969 (H) , 14.173 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5 (H) , 36 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 151
[Article] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 07//2003 Sarah Bixler's Plates and Flowerpots. Antiques. 68-77.
• Published: p. 71, pl. II, attributed to Absalom or David Bixler, 1850-80
[Article] Lasansky, Jeannette. 09//1982 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pottery. Antiques. 538-547.
• Published: pl. 1 on p. 538.
[Article] Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• published on p. 10, fig. 11.