Object Number 1967.1662

Object Name

Dish

Title

'INDEPENDENCE HALL'

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.

Edmund Wooley (Inspiration for design)

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin possibly Lancaster County.

Date

1741 (1850-1880)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Rim; Stamped in wet clay before firing "1732. INDEPENDENCE.HALL.1741./ E.WOOLEY."

Subjects

Independence Hall; American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Stamped (impressed), Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Stenciled, Stamped (impressed)

Dimensions (inches)

1.85 (H) , 14.173 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.7 (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. VI, attributed to Absalom or David Bixler, 1850-80
[Article] Lasansky, Jeannette. 09//1982 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pottery. Antiques. 538-547.
• Published: pl. 3, on p. 539
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 83, p.61
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Antiques and Fine Art. 14 (2): 154-161.
• Published: fig. 12, p. 161.
[Article] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2005 Celebrating Years Together: Personal Commemorations and the Colonial Revival. Winterthur Portfolio. 40 (No. 1): 1-16.
• Published: p. 8, fig. 4