//
For internal use only
Not On Display
Figure (Dog and monkey)
John W. Bell
1860-1890
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John W. Bell (Potter)
Place of Origin
Waynesboro; Pennsylvania; Franklin; Mid-Atlantic, Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (buff-colored)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1968.0538
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1968.0538
Object Name
Figure (Dog and monkey)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John W. Bell (Potter)
Place of Origin
Waynesboro; Pennsylvania; Franklin; Mid-Atlantic, Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Date
1860-1890
Materials
- Earthenware (buff-colored)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Hand modeled
- Stamped (impressed)
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
7.165 (H) x 2.48 (W) x 6.142 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.2 (H) x 6.3 (W) x 15.6 (L)
Measurement Notes
OW at legs
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Comstock, H. E. 1994 The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.
• See pp. 155-56.Book: Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• English salt-glazed brown stoneware seated monkey: p. 131, no. 91, Nottingham, England, seated, holding fruit, "M&A. 1767"; p. 163, no. 132, monkey as Napoleon, DerbyshireCatalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Americana Sale of Richard and Rosemarie Machmer, Oct. 24th & 25th 2008: Similar Bell attributed dog illustrated p.65