Very Rare Manganese-Decorated Stoneware Rustic Flowerpot with Base, attributed to Jacob Bachley, Texarkana Pottery, Texarkana, AR, circa 1880, wheel-thrown flowerpot with vertical twig-form handles and elaborate hand-modeled and applied clay knots and sawed limbs bordering the rim, the surface heavily-incised to resemble bark and further decorated on the front and reverse with an applied knot to the body. Includes original, separately thrown and fired base in the form of a tree stump with applied knots and incised bark including stippled treatment. Each potted with a drain hole. Surface of each highlighted in reddish-brown manganese slip and covered in a clear salt glaze. The distinctive color of the clay and slip leads to a strong attribution to the Anna-influenced, French-born potter, Jacob Bachley, at his Texarkana Pottery. Flowerpot with a large flake to original drain hole on interior base, partially extending to underside of flowerpot. Additionally, chips to rim and applied knots and sawed limb treatment at rim and a 5/8" flake to bottom edge of flowerpot. Base with chipping around wide drain hole in top as well as some small chips to top and bottom edge. H 13" ; W (including handles) 13".
