Collection Highlights
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1937.1474
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
written: in slip on plate: "S. Singer/Potter"
Description:
Drape-molded redware plate with serrated edge; obverse decorated with large slip-trailed inscription under lead glaze.
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.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
