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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Dish
Samuel Troxel
1830
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Troxel (Maker)
Place of Origin
Upper Hanover Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0659
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0659
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samuel Troxel (Maker)
Place of Origin
Upper Hanover Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Probable origin is Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.
Date
1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface
Inscription: Sgraffito handwritten in wet clay, through slip "A ist ein amtmann verstandig und klug; B ist ein bauer und liebet den pfulg; C ist ein captain und schutzet das land; D ist ein dumkopf und hasset verstand; 1830"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.875 (H) x 11.375 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.763 (H) x 28.893 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 191, fig., 165, attrib. Samuel Troxel, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County PACatalogue: 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.