Plate
John Neis
(1775–1867)
1834
Object PlaceUpper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
Dimensions3.81 x 27.3 x 27.3 cm (1 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number02.323
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Attributed to John Neis (1785-1867) of Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Dated 1834. For Neis, see Beatrice B. Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982), pp. 365 (bio.) and pp. 187-91, 348 (examples of work). See archival card for description and transcription of text. Maker is "Neis" not "weis"
ProvenanceAnonymous gift, 1902.
1890s
about 1810–40
about 900–1400