A number of examples of red earthenware and stoneware have recently sold across the country through various auction houses and online platforms in the last few weeks. This post highlights what I feel are some of the more significant or interesting pieces, including an outstanding nineteenth century red earthenware sugar bowl manufactured by Anthony Baecher (1824-1889) in Winchester, Virginia, circa 1885, which sold at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates in Mount Crawford, Virginia. It is stamped "Baecher / Winchester, VA." Similar examples are displayed at museums across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
According to Dr. Gene Comstock's book, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, "Anthony Wise Baecher was born in 1824 in Bavaria, Germany, and he learned his trade from his father. In 1848 Baecher immigrated to the United States via Ellis Island, New York. After a few years of working in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Baecher settled in Fredrick County Virginia, in about 1853, and in 1862 he bought forty-six acres from the Singhas estate along Sulpher Spring Road, just east of Winchester. The purchase included rich clay beds suitable for earthenware. He built a shop and kiln on this property, most likely prior to the purchase date. He worked at this shop and at Jacob Lynn's pottery in Mechanicstown in Frederick County, Maryland. He also managed his farm and hired other potters, including Lorenzo Fleet and Abraham Miller, to help in the shop. In 1882 Adam Kern, who had also worked at the Lynn pottery, came to Winchester to work at the wheel for Baecher, and the two potters worked in partnership. Kern left the pottery a year later, and it appears that Baecher worked alone for the remainder of his career."
Note: Information about each piece is posted in the captions below the picture, as well as the final price.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mount Crawford, VA
Hartzell's Auction Gallery, Inc., Bangor, PA
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, OH
Austin Auction Gallery, Austin, TX
Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., Marshfield, MA
eBay, Montoursville, PA
2 comments:
Hi Justin,
Always appreciate your coverage of what is happening in the world of ceramics, thank you.
Also want to thank you for the information about the 18th c. black glazed tankard which you attribute to Daniel Bayley. I have a nearly identical example which I purchased years ago from Lew Scranton and was never certain of the maker. Your attribution makes perfect sense.
Lastly, I thought that you would be interested to know that the black glazed coffee pot is almost certainly Thomas Haig, Northern Liberties pottery, Philadelphia.
Best regards,
Vince
Thank you Vince!
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