Lot #: 216
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Extremely Rare Rustic Redware Flowerpot Saucer, Incised "A.W. Bacher," Winchester, VA origin, circa 1880, wheel-thrown saucer with heavily-crimped rim, the surface heavily incised to resemble tree bark. Bacher is known to have employed this decorative technique on his pottery, but it is considered very rare among his surviving work. Incised in large script on underside "A.W. Bacher." A previously undocumented example. 3" x 2 1/2" flake to interior, along with a very shallow 1 1/4" flake to interior. H 2" ; Diameter 12".
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