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On Display: House - Dunlap Room
Spoon tray (Spoon boat)
1750-1780
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (agateware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.1427
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1427
Object Name
Spoon tray (Spoon boat)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: The old HF du P number, "Ss55" is painted in red on the glaze
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (agateware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
0.8 (H) x 4.1 (W) x 6.3 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.1 (H) x 10.4 (W) x 16.1 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Williams, Peter. 2000 A Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection.
• Illustration of related object: p. 243, no. 165.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Discussion of English agateware in early America: pp. 84-85. Includes early documentary references.