Pie Plate
MakerProbably made by
Thomas O'Hara Goodwin
American, 1796 - 1880
Dateearly-mid 19th century
MediumDrape-molded redware with a lead glaze and slip decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 9 5/8in. (24.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionRound, redware pie plate with slip decoration beneath a lead glaze. The pie plate was formed by trailing white slip over the clay. The slip forms the words, "Thomas/ Goodwin/ West Hartford" and then possibly the letters, "CT". This is surrounded on all sides by slip in the shape of small squiggles and lines. Then the clay was draped over a mold to give it its shape. The shallow pie plate has a flat bottom surface and sides that expand outward at a forty-five degree angle to form a rolled rim. A lead glaze was applied over the slip-decorated sides of the pie plate only, giving the slip a yellow color and leaving the bottom of the pie plate unglazed.
Several areas of slip decoration and glaze have flaked off the decorated portions of the pie plate, revealing the redware below. The glaze in the center of the plate is heavily scratched and rubbed, and a large chip is gouged out of the surface of the plate below the letters "CT". The remnants of a yellow substance, possibly paint or a glaze, are visible around the rim of the pie plate. The bottom of the pie plate has darkened considerably.
Several areas of slip decoration and glaze have flaked off the decorated portions of the pie plate, revealing the redware below. The glaze in the center of the plate is heavily scratched and rubbed, and a large chip is gouged out of the surface of the plate below the letters "CT". The remnants of a yellow substance, possibly paint or a glaze, are visible around the rim of the pie plate. The bottom of the pie plate has darkened considerably.
Object number1983.119.0
MarkingsThe slip decorated plate is signed ,"Thomas/ Goodwin/ West Hartford", followed possibly by the letters, "CT".On View
Not on view
