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Flower container (Wall pocket)
1825-1850
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0120.026
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0120.026
Object Name
Flower container (Wall pocket)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Possibly Maryland or Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Date
1825-1850
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Slab-constructed
- Molded
- Slip decorated
Dimensions (inches)
8.75 (H) x 4.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.225 (H) x 12.065 (W)
Measurement Notes
OH is hanging; OW is of top;
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p.34, fig. 19; p.114, cat. no.83.Book: Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Pair of bird pattern wall pockets: pp. 120-21, no. 73, with period American references to "flower horns"Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• 1827 dated Pennsylvania or Maryland or wall pocket sharing many design details: November 11-12, 2011, lot 339, perhaps more naturalistically modeled, with tip of "tail" not split,