//
For internal use only
On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Dish
John Neis
1821
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Neis (Maker)
Place of Origin
Upper Salford Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0640
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1960.0640
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Neis (Maker)
Place of Origin
Upper Salford Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1821
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Rim
Inscription: Sgraffito "1821" and "medel ich seh dirs an das du gern heis ein man/wie ich hab ver nommen wirst du balt ein man bekommen" ("maiden I can tell that you would like a husband/ as far as I can see you shall soon be getting one.")
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.772 (H) x 11.417 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.5 (H) x 29 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Royer, Jennifer, et al. 2020 Thrown, Fired and Glazed: The Redware Tradition from Pennsylvania and Beyond. 184
• Published: p. 80Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: col. pl. 18Catalogue: Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• 1823-dated, but otherwise uninscribed Neis dish with same flower and date panel types: p. 149, no. 113a, attributed to John Neis.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Undated example with much the same flower surmounted by bird: January 11, 2008, lot 150, with inscribed rim.Catalogue: Glazer, James & Glazer, Nancy. 1982 American Slip-Decorated Earthenware.
• Nase, Neis or "Neesz" dish with horseman figure illustrated and discussed, no.1Catalogue: Sotheby & Co.. auction catalogue: .
• John Neis plate with flowers in very similar format, dated 1823: January 25, 2014 (NY), Ralph O. Esmerian sale, lot 517, with the plate border being patterned, rather than inscribed.