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Dish or pen tray
1820-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
2003.0024
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Elizabeth Adams
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Object Number
2003.0024
Object Name
Dish or pen tray
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior, flanking image
Inscription: Printed in black "Deliver the captives again, which ye/ have taken captive. 2 Chron.28Cllv." and "Hath not one God created us?/ Malachi 2C10v."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Anti-slavery
- Abolitionist
- Slavery
- Abolition
- Anti-slavery
- Slavery
- Bible
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.876 (H) x 2.854 (W) x 8.862 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.225 (H) x 7.25 (W) x 22.51 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Anti-slavery theme and similar figure: whole article.Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Vase and shell-shaped sauceboat bearing same black-printed motif: pp. 98-99, figs. 33-35, France, porcelain, c. 1820, each with different biblical inscriptions.Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Teabowl, saucers, copper token, and candlestick portraying same female subject: pp. 100-102, the teaware (figs. 37-40) in English drabware, c. 1830; the token (fig. 41), American 1838; and the candlestick (figs. 42-3) English earthenware, c. 1830.Book: Marschner, Joanna. 2017 Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World.
• Discussion of British context for "Am I Not A Man..." theme, via a signet ring: p. 464Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Enameled earthenware kneeling slave figure impressed "BLESS GOD THANK BRITTON ME NO SLAVE": pp. 51-53, no. 35 with historic discussion re slavery. Figure listed as Staffordshire, c. 1825-35.