Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Platter
Datec. 1820–1850
Made inPennsylvania, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration
Dimensions3 × 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (7.6 × 34.9 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.74.24
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Similar decoration on Pennsylvania redware pie plate in Ramsay 1939, pl. 23. See also Chew 1959, pl. 182.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, 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.
Provenance[Kinnaman and Ramaekers Antiques, Houston]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1974; given to MFAH, 1974.
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Unknown English
c. 1765–1780
Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware)
B.56.20.4
