Collection Highlights
Salver
1772-1773
1928.24
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1870-1890
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 24.8 cm )
Description
Drape-molded redware plate with serrated edge; obverse decorated with large slip-trailed inscription under lead glaze.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1474
Marks
written: in slip on plate: "S. Singer/Potter"
Gallery Label
Simon Singer (d. 1894), an immigrant from Baden, Germany, worked in New York as a brickmaker before buying a pottery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Redware potters seldom marked their wares and very rarely inscribed their name and trade prominently on the front.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
