Fine Small-Sized Pennsylvania Redware Loaf Dish w/ Profuse Two-Color Slip Decoration, early 19th century

Fall 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 261

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Fine Small-Sized Redware Loaf Dish with Profuse Two-Color Slip Decoration, PA origin, early 19th century, oval dish with coggled edge, the interior decorated with scalloped quadruple trails of yellow slip interspersed with columns of heart-shaped, copper-slip designs, applied under a clear lead glaze. These motifs as well as associated rippling to the yellow trails were formed by gently running a thin tool through the two colors of slip will they were still wet. This example is distinguished by its abundant decoration, oval form, and small size, being one of the smallest American redware loaf dishes that we have ever offered. A dish with related decoration, produced from the same mold, resides in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, a gift of noted collector, Mrs. Robert W. de Forest in 1933. An area of slip loss to one end. A glaze flake to interior center. Light wear to top edge of rim. Some small, shallow chips to bottom edge of rim. L 10 7/8".



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