Dish

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Conrad Mumbouer (Mumbauer) (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Haycock Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1820-1840

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0109.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0109.001

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Conrad Mumbouer (Mumbauer) (Possible maker)
1761-1845

Place of Origin

Haycock Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1820-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; Incised "12"
2. Label; Underside; Small rectangular fabric tag affixed to the underside with the handwritten inscription "#P.12"
3. Label; Underside; Modern small rectangular paper tag with "2"

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.7 (H) , 11.7 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.318 (H) , 29.718 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
Flowering plant dish attributed to Conrad Mumbouer, c. 1815 : January 11, 2008, lot 252.
[Catalogue] Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
Dish with generally similar ornament, with additional use of green: Flack collection sale, October 27, 2012, lot 185, attributed to Conrad Mumbauer, Bucks County, PA, c. 1810
[Catalogue] Sotheby & Co. [auction catalogue].
Series of sgraffito dishes attributed to Conrad Mumbouer (or, some, John Monday): January 25, 2014 (NY), Ralph O. Esmerian sale, lots 501-504, plus some later lots.