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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Jar
Object ID
G.95.24.1
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Jar
Description
Very small redware jar, squat ovoid shape with small foot ring and flaring rim. Orange-brown body, decorated with random slanted swaths of dark manganese. Tin glazed inside and out except for bottom 1/5 of exterior and bottom.
Unique inscription: "A Bixler" is impressed on bottom with printer's fraktur typeface.
East Earl Twp. or Brecknock Twp. Attributed to Absalom Bixler (1802-1884).
Provenance
Ex-collection of Sara Musselman.
Year Range From
1820
Year Range To
1880
Made By
Bixler, Absalom, attributed
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 34
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Container
Object Name
Jar
Material
Redware
Height (in)
1.625
Diameter (in)
2.125
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-02-25
Condition Notes
Large chip missing at lip with mutliple smaller chips. One-inch hairline vertical crack at side. Multiple areas of surface spalling inside bottom.
Object ID
G.95.24.1
Credit
Gift of Warren J. Robbins, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.95.24
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cream Pitcher
Object ID
G.95.24.3
Date Range
1750
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cream Pitcher
Description
Small redware cream pitcher of ovoid form with flared lip; pinched spout and applied strap handle; rust covered with heavy mustard colored mottling on interior of rim and lighter mottling on exterior. "MADE BY BIXLER" hand-printed on bottom in white.
Provenance
Ex-collection of Sarah Musselman.
Date Range
1750
Made By
Bixler, Absalom, attributed
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Pitcher, Cream
Material
Redware
Dimension Details
Height: ; Width: ; Length: ; Depth; Diameter:
Object ID
G.95.24.3
Place of Origin
Bowmansville, Brecknock Twp.
Credit
Gift of Warren J. Robbins, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.95.24
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Saltcellar
Object ID
G.95.24.2
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Saltcellar
Description
Redware Salt. Very small shallow pottery bowl with footed base. Brownish-orange with light green stripes on exterior. Tin glaze overall except for underside which has rough tooled surface and inscription "BIXLER" hand printed in white.
Provenance
Ex-collection of Sarah Musselman.
Made By
Bixler, Absalom, attributed
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 34
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Saltcellar
Material
Redware
Height (in)
0.75
Diameter (in)
2
Object ID
G.95.24.2
Place of Origin
Bowmansville, Brecknock Twp.
Credit
Gift of Warren J. Robbins, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.95.24
Images
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