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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Joseph Smith
1769
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Joseph Smith (Maker)
Place of Origin
Wrightstown; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1957.1390
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.1390
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Joseph Smith (Maker)
Place of Origin
Wrightstown; Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1769
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top of slip panel
Inscription: Sgraffito "1769" inside pretzel-motif
Type: Inscription
Location: Low on slip panel
Inscription: Sgraffito script "L [or J?] Smith"
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom of slip panel
Inscription: Sgraffito "T[key]E[spoon]A"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Slab-constructed
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
8.25 (H) x 5.56 (W) x 5.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.955 (H) x 14.122 (W) x 13.97 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Royer, Jennifer, et al. 2020 Thrown, Fired and Glazed: The Redware Tradition from Pennsylvania and Beyond. 184
• Publisehd: p. 54Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: col. pl. 24Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 85, fig. 103.Article: Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• Published: p. 6, figure 2.Article: Haddon, Rawson W. 03//1926 Early Slip Decorated Canister. Antiques. 11 (3): 166.
• Example probably by same hand: p. 166, inscribed "Esther Smith/Her Tea/Canister/Sept. 6th/1767" attributed to Joseph Smith, Wrightstown township, Bucks County PA (See Multimedia scan)Book: de Montebello, Philippe. Notable Acquisitions 1980-1981.
• Example probably by same hand: p. 57, inscribed "Sally/Joseph/Smith, 1769." Metropolitam Museum of Art, NY. Mentions Winterthur's.