Object Number 1967.1886

Object Name

Figure (Dog)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Anthony Wise Baecher (Possible maker)
1824-1889

Place of Origin

Thurmont, Frederick, Maryland, Shenandoah Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Possible origin Winchester,Va.

Date

1848-1889

Materials

Earthenware (redware); Earthenware (buff-colored); Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled, Incised

Dimensions (inches)

12.205 (H) , 13.15 (L) , 5.906 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31 (H) , 33.4 (L) , 15 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Espenshade, Christopher T. 2003 The Two Faces of Anthony Baecher. Ceramics in America. pp. 256-8.
• General information on Baecher's style based on excavations at his Frederick Co., VA worksite.
[Book] Comstock, H. E. 1994 The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region.
• Published illustration of object (and attributed to Baecher) on p. 169, fig. 4.252.