Pie Plate

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pie Plate
Datemid-19th century
Made inPennsylvania, United States
MediumLead-glazed, slip-covered earthenware
Dimensions1 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. diameter (4.4 × 23.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.72.89
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Sgraffito decoration of two birds perched on tulip tree and tulip band on brown/green background. Crimped rim. Dark yellowish slip on face. Clear lead overglaze.

Book excerpt: Warren, David B., Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceParke E. Edwards and Mable M. Edwards; [Pennypacker Auction Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, Americana Antique Sale: The Renowned Collection of Parke E. Edwards and Mable M. Edwards, vol. 13, no. 3, April 28, 1969, lot 274]; purchased by Sydney Jolles for Miss Ima Hogg, 1969; given to MFAH, 1972.
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