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Flower container (Flower pot)
1846
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania or Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.1761
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1761
Object Name
Flower container (Flower pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania or Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
(See Notes.)
Date
1846
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised script "W.H.C/1846" (possibly for maker)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Incised
- Hand modeled
- Painted
- Turned
Dimensions (inches)
5.531 (H) x 5.945 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.05 (H) x 15.1 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 184, no. 251, Pennsylvania or OhioBook: Comstock, H. E. 1994 The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.
Book: Whisker, James Biser. 1993 Pennsylvania Potters: 1660-1900.
Thesis: Myers, Susan Helen. 1977 Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. M.A. George Washington University