1997 Redware Crock Lead Glazed Sgraffito Tulip Horse & Soldier Decoration By Greg Shooner
Description: A beautiful lead glazed redware nice size crock with wide top opening. The crock has a round flat base with rounded sides rising to a constriction with a flared short neck ending in a plain rim. The piece is colored in a beautiful yellow background with a reddish-brown sgraffito design depicting a large tulip, and a prancing horse being led by a soldier wearing a hat and a long coat with a baton in the other hand. The vessel is also decorated with green, brown, and black slip through out. This type of decoration represents what we would call very classic Pennsylvania Dutch colors and design. The jar is a reproduction of 1700s or 1800s redware implements from southeastern Pennsylvania and as such it has been antiqued with crazing to the glaze, chips, and glaze losses. The base is artist signed and dated. Please carefully review the photos presented as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: 1997.
Origin: Ohio, USA.
Size: Measures ~4" in diameter at the base, is ~6 1/2" high to the top, and is ~4" in diameter at the top. The top opening itself measures ~3 3/8" in diameter. The piece weighs over one and a half pounds.
Maker: Greg Shooner.
Marks: Signed "Greg Shooner 1997" in cursive calligraphy below the words "This Glaze Contains Lead not for Food Storage or Use" in block letters incised on the bottom of the base.
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is a nice and well-made reproduction crock having a nice shape and nice classic coloring. The vessel would make a nice addition to your collection of contemporary reproduction redware or art pottery.
Condition: The piece is in very good condition and is nicely antiqued. The piece has no unintentional chips, cracks, repairs, or hairlines. The crock does have intentional fake looking discoloration, glaze crazing, some glaze losses, some chips, and loss of color throughout the piece. It has several spots of intentional glaze loss, all of which can be seen in the photos. It also has some blackened small chips along the exterior of the rim. Of course, all of these are intentional to give the jar the required look of the reproduced piece from 1700s or 1800s. Please see the photos for additional condition information and to appreciate its beauty.
Date: 1997.
Origin: Ohio, USA.
Size: Measures ~4" in diameter at the base, is ~6 1/2" high to the top, and is ~4" in diameter at the top. The top opening itself measures ~3 3/8" in diameter. The piece weighs over one and a half pounds.
Maker: Greg Shooner.
Marks: Signed "Greg Shooner 1997" in cursive calligraphy below the words "This Glaze Contains Lead not for Food Storage or Use" in block letters incised on the bottom of the base.
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is a nice and well-made reproduction crock having a nice shape and nice classic coloring. The vessel would make a nice addition to your collection of contemporary reproduction redware or art pottery.
Condition: The piece is in very good condition and is nicely antiqued. The piece has no unintentional chips, cracks, repairs, or hairlines. The crock does have intentional fake looking discoloration, glaze crazing, some glaze losses, some chips, and loss of color throughout the piece. It has several spots of intentional glaze loss, all of which can be seen in the photos. It also has some blackened small chips along the exterior of the rim. Of course, all of these are intentional to give the jar the required look of the reproduced piece from 1700s or 1800s. Please see the photos for additional condition information and to appreciate its beauty.
