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Bowl and cover
1800-1875
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States or Germany; Europe or North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.1803 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1803 A, B
Object Name
Bowl and cover
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States or Germany; Europe or North America
Date
1800-1875
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
6.732 (H) x 10.236 (W) x 9.252 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.1 (H) x 26 (W) x 23.5 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
OW between handles.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Meyer-Heisig, Erich. 1955 Deutsche Bauerntopferei: Geschichte und landschaftiliche Gliederung.
• Somewhat similarly pierced bowl with lower lid and figures on top: fig. 56, caption translating as "Little lidded basket from Kronig in Lower Bavaria," mid 19th centuryBook: Kauffman, Henry J. 1964 Pennsylania Dutch: American Folk Art.
• A covered and a lidless bowls of somewhat similar form and piercing, in redware: p. 129Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Other pierced, lidded bowls with twist handles in catalogue for the Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, April 20-21, 2007, p.155.Book: Lasansky, Jeannette. 1979 Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery.
• A very similar pierced, lidded bowl attributed to a "hired itinerant potter" at the Solomon Miller pottery in Adams county, p. 14.