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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Tool (for ceramics) (Slip cup or trailer)
1846
Category
Tools
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0535
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0535
Object Name
Tool (for ceramics) (Slip cup or trailer)
Category
Tools
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin possibly Pennsylvania.
Date
1846
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On one side
Inscription: Incised undecipherable words and "1846"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
3 (H) x 3.5 (W) x 4.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.62 (H) x 8.89 (W) x 12.065 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 144, probably Pennsylvania, 1846Catalogue: Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• Redware triple slip-trailer inscribed (script) "Jake/1827", southeastern PABook: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Five differently shaped slip cups, presumably American, at Smithsonian: p. 58, no. 33.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Different form redware trailer with holes for three spouts: November 11-12, 2011, lot 454, inscribed "H. Scofield Honeybrook," for Chester County potter active 1891-95.