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Bowl
1800-1822
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania or Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1974.0239
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of G. Wilson Douglas, Jr.
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Object Number
1974.0239
Object Name
Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania or Maryland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Possibly Greiseiner Pottery, Hereford, Berks county, Pennsylvania.
Date
1800-1822
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Trailed
- Sponged
Dimensions (inches)
2.5 (H) x 10 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.35 (H) x 25.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Beckerdite, Luke & Hunter, Robert. 01//2007 Earth Transformed: Early Southern Pottery at MESDA and Old Salem. Antiques. 160-169.
• For related information on Southern potting traditions.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar form bowl with similar wavy slip line border, green band within rim, and near well a band of manganese rough dots: February 6, 2009, lot 113, Pennsylvania or Maryland, 19th century.