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Bank (Coin bank or money box)
Richard C. Remmey
1880-1890
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Richard C. Remmey (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.1756
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1756
Object Name
Bank (Coin bank or money box)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Richard C. Remmey (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1880-1890
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Pierced
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.402 (H) x 4.272 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.8 (H) x 10.85 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Wierenga, Lee. 05//2010 Crocks, Jugs and Jars: Decorated American Stoneware. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). 5-10.
• Published: p. 10, fig. 12Article: Beckerdite, Luke & Hunter, Robert. 01//2007 Earth Transformed: Early Southern Pottery at MESDA and Old Salem. Antiques. 160-169.
• A jug by Remmey illustrated in fig. 10, p. 165Book: Rogers, Carole G. 1977 Penny Banks: A History and Handbook.
• related information on banks.Thesis: Myers, Susan Helen. 1977 Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. M.A. George Washington University
• Information on Remmey.Book: Whisker, James Biser. 1993 Pennsylvania Potters: 1660-1900.
• Information on Remmey.Book: Greer, Georgeanna H. 1981 American Stonewares: The Art and Craft of Utilitarian Potters.
• Information on Remmey.Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Generally similar form stoneware bank with dotted bird, probably by same hand: p. 187, no. 256, inscribed "Anna Jamison", by Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, c. 1885Article: Janowitz, Meta F. 2008 "New York City Stonewares from the African Burial Ground". Ceramics in America. 41-66.
• Whole article: discussion of Crolius and Remmey family salt-glazed stoneware from burial ground.