Hand Basin
Artist/Maker:
Shop of John Holland or Heinrich Schaffner
Place Made:
Salem North Carolina United States of America
Date Made:
1834-1860
Medium:
redware
Dimensions:
DIA: 19 5/16″; HOA: 7 1/8″
Accession Number:
B-547
Description:
This flat-bottomed basin has slightly bulging sides that taper toward the flat bottom, two lug handles and a double rim. It is glazed on the interior only with a brown lead glaze.
Although the colorfully slip decorated wares of the Moravian potters working in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have become well-known, much of what was produced by Moravian potters throughout this time period was utilitarian in nature such as this hand basin.
Although the colorfully slip decorated wares of the Moravian potters working in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have become well-known, much of what was produced by Moravian potters throughout this time period was utilitarian in nature such as this hand basin.
The basin is a form that was made by several different Moravian potters for decades. This example was probably made in the shop of John Holland or Heinrich Schaffner.
John Holland (1781-1843) was a resident of Salem and was the apprentice and journeyman to Rudolph Christ (1750-1833); he also became the master potter.
Heinrich Schaffner (1798-1877) became a resident of Salem and worked for John Holland for a period of time, but left Holland and started his own pottery business (not controlled by the congregation); he later turned the business over to Daniel Krause, Salem’s last potter.
Credit Line:
Wachovia Historical Society
