Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 2, 1815
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 75
Additional Source Text:
"Made at Mis [i.e., Messrs.] Binney & Ronaldsons Manufactory, in South Street."
Notes:
Queensware, or queen's ware, is a type of fine, cream-colored Wedgwood pottery.
The partners in the Philadelphia type-founding firm of Archibald Binny (1762‐1838) and James Ronaldson (1768‐1842) were also partners with Binny's nephew Alexander Trotter in the Columbian Pottery, which operated from 1808 to about 1814 and advertised teapots, coffeepots, and sugar boxes made in queensware, also known as creamware, which was used extensively in the production of household china.
See Susan H. Myers, Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (Washington, D.C.,1980).
