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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Dish
John Neis
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Neis (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Tylersport; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.0604
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0604
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Neis (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Tylersport; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1800-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Handwritten in pencil "Mr John Nase"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Animals
- Military
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Rouletted (coggled)
Dimensions (inches)
1.875 (H) x 12.875 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.763 (H) x 32.703 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 143Catalogue: 1974 Pennsylvania Folk Art.
• Object with similar image attributed to same maker: p.45, fig. 152.Catalogue: Glazer, James & Glazer, Nancy. 1982 American Slip-Decorated Earthenware.
• Nase, Neis or "Neesz" dish with horseman figure illustrated and discussed, no.1