Flowerpot and stand

James Pottery

1824 · Earthenware; Redware with sgraffito decoration · The American Wing

An exceptional example of sgraffito hollowware, this flowerpot was made for Tacy Lewis of Newtown, Pennsylvania. She would have been thirty-one years old in 1824, and the presentation piece was presumably made in honor of a birth or wedding. The elaborate ruffled border on both the pot and the stand is characteristic of the Chester County region.

Artist

James Pottery

Date

1824

Medium

Earthenware; Redware with sgraffito decoration

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Virginia H. Groomes Gift, in memory of her mother, Mary W. Groomes, 1974