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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Mold
1735
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (unglazed redware)
Museum Object Number
1960.0697
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0697
Object Name
Mold
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Possibly Pennsylvania.
Date
1735
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Crudely incised (before firing?) large "CW".
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Crudely incised (after firing) large "1735".
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (unglazed redware)
Techniques
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
5.375 (W) x 1 (D) x 6 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.652 (W) x 2.54 (D) x 15.24 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published: p. 316, probably incorrectly attributing object to Georg Adam Weidner.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar mold incised with the name 'jacob Berger" in catalogue for the Pioneer Americana collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, April 20-21, 2007, p.75, cat. no. 300.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. 5, fig. 1