Object Number 1967.1863

Object Name

Figure (Dog)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jesiah Shorb (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probably Pennsylvania

Date

1800-1875

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled, Stamped (impressed), Incised

Dimensions (inches)

2.559 (H) , 4.331 (L) , 1.693 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.5 (H) , 11 (L) , 4.3 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1979 Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery.
• Images of attributed Shorb figures with similar features and discussion of Shorb potting, pp. 18-19.
[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. 7, fig. 6.