Object Number 1967.1864

Object Name

Figure (Bird)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Anthony Wise Baecher (Possible maker)
1824-1889

Place of Origin

Adams, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Secondary Origin Notes

Baecher (Bacher, Pacher) worked at various locations in Adams county (see Comstock in notes)

Date

1848-1854

Materials

Lead glaze; Earthenware (redware); Iron; Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Incised, Stamped (impressed)

Dimensions (inches)

4 (H) , 4.3 (L) , 2.1 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.16 (H) , 10.922 (L) , 5.334 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Comstock, H. E. 1994 The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.
• Figure group signed by "Pacher" (baecher) with very similar bird form, decorative techniques and glaze illustrated on p.166, fig.4.248
[Book] Comstock, H. E. 1994 The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.
• general Baecher information, pp. 162-180, and pp.360-364.