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On Display: House - Fraktur Hall
Dish
Simon Singer
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Simon Singer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Applebachville; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1955.0559
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1955.0559
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Simon Singer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Applebachville; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface
Inscription: Slip-trailed "S. Singer/ Potter/ Applebachville/ Bucks Co/ Pa.".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Masonic imagery
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Trailed
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.772 (H) x 12.992 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.5 (H) x 33 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 193, fig. 170, Simon Singer, Applebachville, Haycock Township, Bucks County PA, 1870-90Article: Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• Published: p. 6, fig. 4.Article: 1986. Simon Singer Pottery: . Mercer Mosaic. (May/June)
• Article on Simon Singer Pottery (not in library).Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Singer dish: Sold September 21, 2002, lot 256.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Signed Singer dish dated 1894: Flack collection sale, October 27, 2012, lot 297, inscribed "Wm. Ziegefuss./Singer's Pottery,/ 1894."Catalogue: 09//2006 Pook & Pook Inc. (Sale Catalogue).
• Slipware dish inscribed "Gertie Singer": October 13, 2018 sale, lot 16, with script inscription. Notes "purchased at the Singer Estate auction," 1970.