Lead glazed potteryPart first (common clays): plain glazed, sgraffito and slip-decorated wares . a slip cup, werebeaten into the red clay, presenting the appearance of inlaid, in-stead of relief, work. Five such examples are known, four ofwhich may be seen in the collection of this Museum, and whetherproduced by Bergey or another potter are unquestionably fromthe same source. One of these, evidently of the period of about1830, bears in yellow on a red ground the figure of a pigeon ordove standing on a twig in the act of plucking its breast (see ). It is possible that this was intended to
Lead glazed potteryPart first (common clays): plain glazed, sgraffito and slip-decorated wares . a slip cup, werebeaten into the red clay, presenting the appearance of inlaid, in-stead of relief, work. Five such examples are known, four ofwhich may be seen in the collection of this Museum, and whetherproduced by Bergey or another potter are unquestionably fromthe same source. One of these, evidently of the period of about1830, bears in yellow on a red ground the figure of a pigeon ordove standing on a twig in the act of plucking its breast (see ). It is possible that this was intended to represent the pelican,since it bears some resemblance to the drawings of that bird occa-sionally found on the old certificates of birth, marriage, and death,and other illuminated work of the Pennsylvania Germans, in whichdrops of blood are shown falling from the pierced breast of theparent bird. A second example of Bergeys work is a plaque, fourteen inchesin diameter, decorated with a horse, on which is mounted an offi-cer of disproportionate size, while beneath is the date 1838 (seeNo. 40).. 0< tagonai. Dish (934inches).Moulded Relief by I. T., 1794. Museum No. 01-7. r
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