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Spittoon (Cuspidor)
Gast Porcelain Works
1840-1850
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2729
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2729
Object Name
Spittoon (Cuspidor)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Gast Porcelain Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1840-1850
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised script "Mc/AV Gast/Eagle/ Porcelain Works/ Lancaster City: Pa./Henry Gast S.Q, st/JH"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Eagle
Materials
- Stoneware
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.26 (H) x 6.693 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.9 (H) x 17 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Barber, Edwin AtLee. 1976 The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States & Marks of American Potters.
• Discusses Henry Gast pottery on p.118.Thesis: Hagadorn, Karen. 02/28/2008 The Legacy of Henry Gast and an Examination of the Impact of Industrialization on Nineteenth Century Pottery in Lancaster. B.A. Franklin and Marshall
• Discusses archaeology of the pottery works of Henry GastArticle: Lasansky, Jeannette. 09//1982 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pottery. Antiques. 538-547.
• Discusses Gast, illustrates a spittoon made from the same mold on p. 542, fig. 8.