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Second Saturday Lecture Series-Wise and Witty Sayings on Pennsylvania Dutch Redware

Presented by York County History Center at York County Historical Society Museum, York PA

Jul 13 2019
Second Saturday Lecture Series-Wise and Witty Sayings on Pennsylvania Dutch Redware

Del-Louise Moyer, historian and Fraktur specialist, will present Wise and Witty sayings on Pennsylvania Dutch Redware.

Del-Louise Moyer, historian and Fraktur specialist, will present Wise and Witty sayings on Pennsylvania Dutch Redware as part of her research for a book she is writing entitled Heavenly Fraktur: How Fraktur Influenced Pennsylvania Dutch and Moravian Material Culture.  One of the media the Pennsylvania Dutch used to create their everyday tools and utensils was clay. Utilizing a decorating process known as slipware, potters often ornamented their utilitarian and commemorative pieces with wise and witty sayings both in decorative Fraktur script and motifs, as well as everyday German script, capturing both the spiritual and secular principles then prevalent. In this illustrated PowerPoint talk, we shall take a look at the scripts and motifs; the potters who made the redware; the materials they used; and how the pious and contrasting, often bawdy proverbs that appear on these pieces reflect the Pennsylvania Dutchman’s spiritual aspirations nurtured by a very human heart.

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York County Historical Society Museum

250 East Market Street, York, PA 17401

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