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Rattle (Monkey)
Milton Hoopes Pottery
1842-1864
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Milton Hoopes Pottery (Maker)
Place of Origin
Downingtown; Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2279
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2279
Object Name
Rattle (Monkey)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Milton Hoopes Pottery (Maker)
Place of Origin
Downingtown; Pennsylvania; Chester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probable.
Date
1842-1864
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Hand modeled
- Stamped (impressed)
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
7.874 (H) x 3.346 (W) x 4.528 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20 (H) x 8.5 (W) x 11.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 55, fig. 53.Book: Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• English salt-glazed brown stoneware seated monkey: p. 131, no. 91, Nottingham, England, seated, holding fruit, "M&A. 1767"; p. 163, no. 132, monkey as Napoleon, Derbyshire