ID: 700008771 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008771	Record Type: Movable Work

Pennsylvania German Dish (dish; Samuel Troxel (American potter, active 1820s); 1823)

Note: Known from detailed rendering in the National Gallery of Art, Washington: This oval dish with scalloped edges was elaborately decorated by the sgraffito technique. Notice the bold floral design that contrasts with the light strokes of lettering that form a delicate border. Splashes of green worked into the glaze heighten the color of the red clay that is exposed. The dish was made by Samuel Troxel. The inscription reads: "From clay and many skills, the potter fashions what he will, July the 19th 1823.“

Titles:

Pennsylvania German Dish (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

dish (vessel for food) [300042973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>)

Classifications:

ceramics (preferred)

decorative arts

Creation Date: 1823

Creator Display:

Samuel Troxel (American potter, active 1820s) [preferred,VP]

potter Troxel, Samuel (American potter, active 1820s) [500372699]

Locations:

Last Known: Pennsylvania [7007710] United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: glazed terracotta

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	pottery glazing (process or technique) [300195111]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, pottery techniques, pottery decorating techniques)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Pennsylvania German

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	floral pattern [300010135]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed: around edge on face, translation: [From clay and many skills, the potter fashions what he will, July the 19th 1823]

Related Works:

	depicted in .... Pennsylvania German Dish [700008596]
	..........drawing (visual work); rendered by Albert Levone; ca. 1936; National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States); 1943.8.8102; Original IAD Object: om(?) 237

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Pennsylvania German Dish	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)