A 19th Century Slip-Script Red Earthenware Charger From Pennsylvania Inscribed "Robert Barkley / 6. mo 25 / 1857"

Since Crocker Farm is about to hold their Fall 2023 auction of American redware and stoneware in Sparks, Maryland, I thought I would revisit one of the notable objects that sold in Crocker Farm's most recent Summer 2023 sale, a very good nineteenth century slip-script red earthenware charger from Pennsylvania. The inscription reads, "Robert Barkley / 6. mo 25 / 1857."

According to the research that Crocker Farm published in the auction catalog, "Census records list multiple people named Robert Barkley or variants of this name living in Pennsylvania during the time period. Some are residents of Lancaster County and one is a Caribbean-born African-American painter living in Philadelphia."

A 19th Century Slip-Script Red Earthenware Charger From PA

19th Century Slip-Script Red Earthenware Plate Attributed to Pennsylvania

The Script Reads "Robert Barkley / 6. mo 25 / 1857"

Measures 14" in Diameter

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A View of the Back of the Plate

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