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Dish
George Hubener
1789
Description
The rim of this dish bears the German inscription, "Susanna Steltz: ihre schu\"ssel: Alles was ihr wolt das euch die Leute duhn sollen das duth ihr ihnen, Merz. 5.\t.\h 1789" (Susanna Steltz her dish, Everything that you want people should do to you, that you do to them--or, do unto others as you would have them do unto you). A further inscription between the heads of the birds reads "Hir ist Abgebilt ein dabelter Adler" (Here is pictured a spread eagle). Susanna Steltz, whose name appears on this dish, was born Susanna Grob (Grubb) in 1752 and married Peter Steltz. She died in 1832 and is buried at the Falckner Swamp Reformed Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
George Hubener (Maker)
Place of Origin
Limerick Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.2301
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1965.2301
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
George Hubener (Maker)
Place of Origin
Limerick Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1789
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Border around rim
Inscription: Sgrafitto inscription "Susanna Stelz: ihre schu\"ssel: Alles was ihr wolt das euch die Leute duhn sollen das duth ihr ihnen, Merz. 5.\t.\h 1789"
Type: Inscription
Location: Between birds
Inscription: Sgrafitto inscription "Hir ist Abgebilt ein dabelter Adler"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Eagle
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
Dimensions (inches)
2.375 (H) x 13 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.032 (H) x 33.02 (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. 78Catalogue: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 20, p.22Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2013 Philadelphia, Funriture, and the Pennsylvania Germans: A Reevaluation. American Furniture. 196-292.
• Published: p. 201, fig. 9.Catalogue: Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• 1792 double-eagle Hubener dish: pp. 141-42, no. 104Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 148-9, pl. 28Book: Koverman, Jill Beute. 1998 I made this jar...The Life and Works of the Enslaved African-American Potter Dave.
• 1789 peacock and flowering plant Hubener dish: p.67, with different inscription and details.Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: p. 60Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: col. pl. 22Book: Stoudt, John Joseph. 1966 Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published: p. 313, noting Hubner was a well-known Schwenkfeld (religious sect) leader.Book: Kauffman, Henry J. 1964 Pennsylania Dutch: American Folk Art.
• 1786, 1789, 1792 Hubener dishes: pp. 94-95, those from 1786 and 1792 bearing two-headed eagles.