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Basin (Bowl)
Anthony Wise Baecher, Samuel Bell and Sons
1850-1900
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Anthony Wise Baecher (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0746
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.0746
Object Name
Basin (Bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Anthony Wise Baecher (Possible maker); Samuel Bell and Sons (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Date
1850-1900
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Extruded
- Hand modeled
Dimensions (inches)
9 (H) x 15 (L) x 13.4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.86 (H) x 38.1 (L) x 34.036 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 127, attrib. to PABook: Lasansky, Jeannette. 1979 Made of Mud II: Redware Potteries in Central Pennsylvania 1783-1903.
• Published:see object folderArticle: 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: Lasansky, Jeannette. 1979 Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery.
• Published as an example of a Pennsylvania object (no justification given) on p. 50.