CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pie Plate
Date1852
Made inPennsylvania, United States
MediumLead-glazed slip-decorated earthenware
Dimensions1 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. diameter (3.2 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.72.90
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Earthenware with slightly crimped edge. Stylized floral tree with six branches, and “1852” and initials "H C” in yellow slip. Clear lead overglaze. Underside is unglazed.
Marks: 2 (impressed on underside).
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 290]; purchased by Sydney Jolles for Miss Ima Hogg, 1969; given to MFAH, 1972.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"1852" and initials "HC" in yellow slip
Impressed on underside: 2
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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c. 1689–1694
Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
B.94.16
