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Bank (Coin bank or money box)
Richard C. Remmey
1880-1890
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Richard C. Remmey (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.1757
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1757
Object Name
Bank (Coin bank or money box)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Richard C. Remmey (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1880-1890
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Hand modeled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.795 (H) x 4.331 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.8 (H) x 11 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: 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: 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.