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Bowl
Greiseiner Pottery
1800-1865
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Greiseiner Pottery (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Hereford; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0561
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1960.0561
Object Name
Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Greiseiner Pottery (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Hereford; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1800-1865
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Typed label affixed to bottom of each piece reads: "Made at the Griesemer [sic] Pottery at Hereford".
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Trailed
Dimensions (inches)
3 (H) x 10 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.62 (H) x 25.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar form bowl with similar wavy slip line border, green band within rim, and near well a band of manganese rough dots: February 6, 2009, lot 113, Pennsylvania or Maryland, 19th century.