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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Dish
John Strawn
March 10 1797 (1797-1797)
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Strawn (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
East Quakertown; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.2302
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2302
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Strawn (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
East Quakertown; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
"A pottery conducted by John Strawn, and a stone house where the Globe hotel now stands were the only buildings to the corner where the Richlandtown road branched off from the Doylestown road." in Dr. Joseph Thomas, Quakertown, PA. "Reminiscences of Quakertown and Its People." transcript from a Meeting in Friends' Meetinghouse, Quakertown, May 28, 1901. p. 48.
Date
March 10 1797 (1797-1797)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Border
Inscription: Incised on the border of the upper surface "Py and Cream Was thare Sceen this Thing it Past amongs the youth thay Can not Deny & Speak the truth" "This thing it Caused them to Comply Witch they Cannot Deny you have it as Cheep as I March 10\th 1797 John Strawn"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Flowers
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
Dimensions (inches)
2.625 (H) x 14.3 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.668 (H) x 36.322 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 133Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 79, fig. 93; p.113, cat. no. 73.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 133, pl. 13