Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 20, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 88
Additional Source Text:
"Manufactured at the donors Pottery entirely of domestic materials and by Native Citizens."
Notes:
A lengthy description of the Philadelphia earthenware factory of David G. Seixas (1788–1864) appeared in Niles' Weekly Register (Baltimore), new ser. 1, no. 10 (1 Nov 1817): 149-150
Seixas was also the founder of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
