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Dish
'DANUAEL BOON. DES FRANKNESS INDAUNAS'
Absalom Bixler, David Bixler
1787 (1850-1880)
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Absalom Bixler (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.1659
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1659
Object Name
Dish
Title
'DANUAEL BOON. DES FRANKNESS INDAUNAS'
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Absalom Bixler (Possible maker); David Bixler (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1787 (1850-1880)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Rim
Inscription: Stamped with type into wet clay before firing: "DAUNAEL BOON. DES FANKNESS INDAUNAS./ 1787."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Daniel Boone
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Stamped (impressed)
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
Dimensions (inches)
1.575 (H) x 14.961 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4 (H) x 38 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 194, fig. 177, "The legendary Daniel Boone had been raised in Berks County. His death in 1820 may have prompted this commemorative plate."Article: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 07//2003 Sarah Bixler's Plates and Flowerpots. Antiques. 68-77.
• Published: p. 72, pl. IV, attributed to Absalom or David Bixler, 1850-80Article: Lasansky, Jeannette. 09//1982 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pottery. Antiques. 538-547.
• Published: pl. 2, p. 538.