Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Plate, Dessert |
Catalog Number |
1996.53.4 |
Maker |
Bybee Pottery; Cornelison, Ernest |
Date |
ca. 1940 |
Material(s) |
Ceramic |
Dimensions |
H-0.875 Dia-6.75 inches |
Description |
This is a mottled orange-silver glazed hand-thrown dessert plate. It has a slightly concave base and a raised foot.There is a ring of darker color just inside the rim. |
Notes |
Made by the Cornelison Family around 1940 at their pottery in Bybee in Madison County, the oldest continously operated pottery west of the Appalachian Mountains. The pottery was open by 1845 and possibly as early as 1809. The donor's mother, Ida Chaney Alcorn, sold Bybee pottery from her home on Route 60 east of Louisville from the late 1920s through the 1950s. The donor referred to this color as "Bybee Yellow." |
Collection |
Alma Alcorn Baldauf Collection |
People |
Cornelison, Ernest Bybee Pottery Limoges, Alma Alcorn |
Subjects |
Pottery Ceramics Selling Decoration, Interior Crafts (Handicraft) Handicraft Potteries Potters Pottery industry Pottery making Table settings & decorations |
Search Terms |
Louisville (Ky.) Bybee (Ky.) Madison County (Ky.) Bybee Pottery |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |