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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Tool (for ceramics) (Slip cup or trailer)
1800-1850
Category
Tools
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0684
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1960.0684
Object Name
Tool (for ceramics) (Slip cup or trailer)
Category
Tools
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
Probably from Eastern United States.
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
2.375 (H) x 2.625 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.032 (H) x 6.668 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 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 different 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.