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Sugar bowl (Bowl)
Anthony Wise Baecher
1881-1883
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Anthony Wise Baecher (Maker)
Place of Origin
Winchester; Virginia; Frederick; Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0669 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1960.0669 A, B
Object Name
Sugar bowl (Bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Anthony Wise Baecher (Maker)
Place of Origin
Winchester; Virginia; Frederick; Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Date
1881-1883
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside of bowl
Inscription: Impressed in faint letters: "BAECHER/ WINCHESTER VA".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Hand modeled
- Rolled
- Slip decorated
Dimensions (inches)
5.906 (H) x 5.512 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15 (H) x 14 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• Unmarked bowl of same form and handles with same lid figure and squash(?): p. 158, no. 124, attributed to Baecher at Big Hunting Creek Pottery, c. 1881-83Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar style ornament on wall pocket attributed to Bells of Strasburg VA: January 11, 2008, lot 253, with bird and flowering plant in same style as on Winterthur object.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.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Similar form bowl with similar bird on lid, sold at auction: September 28-29, 2007, p. 41, lot.230, attributed to BaecherCatalogue: Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Similar form bowl with similar bird on lid, marked "BAECHER/WINCHESTER.VA." sold at auction: July 21, 2012, lot 47, c. 1880. Applied roses on sides of belly.