Dish

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Conrad Mumbouer (Mumbauer) (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1789

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0109.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0109.002

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

1789

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; Handwritten in pencil on the underside "Mate [sic] in the Year/ 1789"

Materials

Earthenware (slipware, redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Slip decorated, Sgraffito, Rouletted (coggled)

Dimensions (inches)

1.75 (H) , 11.875 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.445 (H) , 30.163 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Object not measured in 2000 study (EPG)

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] 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.