Diana Stradling and J. Garrison Stradling
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Ceramics in America 2014

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Lion figures, John Bell (1800–1880), Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 1845–1850. Blue-glazed stoneware. H. 7 1/2". Impressed mark: “JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO” (Courtesy, Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr.; photo, Robert A. Ellison Jr.)

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    American China Manufactory Bonnin and Morris: American, active 1770–1772 Pickle Stand soft-paste porcelain overall 5 1/2" x 7 1/4". (National Gallery of Art, Promised Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman; object #: X.45825, photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Detail of the stalk of the pickle stand illustrated in fig. 2.

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Cooler, attributed to Jonathan Fenton, Boston, Massachusetts, 1793–1796. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 24 3/4". (Courtesy, Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr.; photo, Robert A. Ellison Jr.)

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Detail of the cooler illustrated in fig. 4.

  • Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Set of six plates, decorated by James Callowhill, 1888. Blue-ground porcelain. D. of each 7 5/8". (Courtesy, Saint Louis Art Museum.) Each of the six plates, conceived in pairs, has a unique design, incorporating naturalistic flowers, insects, spiders and webs, all modeled in high-relief gold pastes in the Japanese taste that was popular during the American Aesthetic Movement. One is signed “Jas. Callowhill”; the others bear initials. 

  • Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Presentation pitcher, Charles Cartlidge & Co., Greenpoint, New York, ca. 1853. Porcelain. H. 10 1/8". (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.)

  • Figure 8
    Figure 8

    Century Vase, Union Porcelain Works, Greenpoint, New York, designed by Karl H. L. Müller, 1876. Porcelain. H. 22 1/4". (Courtesy, High Museum of Art.)

  • Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Century Vase, Union Porcelain Works, Greenpoint, New York, designed by Karl H. L. Müller, 1876. Porcelain. H. 40 13/16". (Courtesy, High Museum of Art.) The vase is shown on a pedestal, as it was at the Centennial in 1876.

  • Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Dish, Absalom Day, Norwalk, Connecticut, ca. 1796. Slipware. D. 15 1/2". (Courtesy, High Museum of Art.) This combed slipware charger was probably a shop sign or advertisement.

  • Figure 11
    Figure 11

    Loaf dish, Absalom Day (1770–1843), Norwalk, Connecticut, 1793–1796. Redware with slip decoration. L. 16 1/2". Mark: conjoined initials “AD” (Courtesy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.) 

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Bust of Dolley Madison, modeled from life by William John Coffee, 1818. Terracotta. Overall H. 13". (Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison's Montpelier.)

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    Reverse of the bust of Dolley Madison illustrated in fig. 12. (Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison's Montpelier.)

  • Figure 14
    Figure 14

    Plate, attributed to Johannes Neesz or Nase, Tyler’s Port, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1805–1820. Sgrafitto-decorated slipware. D. 12 1/2". Inscription [translated from German]: “I have ridden over hill and dale and everywhere found [pretty] girls” (Courtesy, High Museum of Art; photo, Richard P. Goodbody.) The plate is decorated with a popular image, said to be George Washington rousing the countryside to arms.

  • Figure 15
    Figure 15

    Spittoon, American Pottery Company, 1842. Earthenware. D. 8 1/4", H. 3 3/8". (Courtesy, The Franklin Institute, 77.1631.)

  • Figure 16
    Figure 16

    Medal, designed by Christian Gobrecht (engraver) for the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1842. ­Silver. D. 2". Marks: (reverse) “REWARD OF SKILL AND INGENUITY / To the / AMERICAN / Pottery Compy / for / Emboss’d ware, Jugs &c. / 1842 / G.” (obverse) “FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1842”; “GOBRECHT” (Collection of the authors; photos, Diana Stradling.)