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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Dish
Samuel Troxel
January 20 1846 (1846-1846)
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Troxel (Potter)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0626
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0626
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samuel Troxel (Potter)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Date
January 20 1846 (1846-1846)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface
Inscription: Sgrafitto inscription in wet clay: "S.+T."
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface
Inscription: Sgrafitto inscription in wet clay: "Ich koche was ich kan; Was mei Sau nicht frest, Das frest mei Man, 1846;(/) F"
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised inscription in wet clay: "Samuel Troxel/ Potter January 20\th 1846;/ Upper Hanover/ Township Montgomery/ County State of/ Pennsylvania".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Satire
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.56 (H) x 9.375 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.962 (H) x 23.813 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: fig. # 15Book: Kauffman, Henry J. 1964 Pennsylania Dutch: American Folk Art.
• Flowerpot by Troxel: p. 67, with rim inscription (not transcribed) naming maker and original owner.Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 113Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Inscribed, signed, initialed and 1828 (& 1825?) dated Troxal dish: January 11, 2008, lot 387, with American eagle, "Liberty, flowering plant and further inscriptions.Article: Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• Published on p. 9, fig. 9.