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On Display: House - Fraktur Room
Dish
R. Gerber
1819
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
R. Gerber (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0699
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0699
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
R. Gerber (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1819
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface
Inscription: Incised through slip "RG" and "1819"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.772 (H) x 11.732 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.5 (H) x 29.8 (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. 95Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 197, fig. 186, possibly Rudolph Graber, Montgomery County PABook: Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published: p. 318Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 134-5, in situ in Fraktur RoomBook: Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• "RG 1811" sgraffito dish, said to be HF du Pont's: p. 317, with more crudely executed initials but quite similar vase holding tulips.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar dish attributed to Gerber in catalogue for the Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, April 20-21, 2007, p.179, cat. no. 727