Unknown American
Pie Plate

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Maker Unknown American

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

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

Description

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

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