2004 Redware Reproduction Slip Decorated 8 1/2" Deep Plate Cock's Comb Flower by Greg Shooner
Description: A nice round drape molded deep plate with coggled rim. The plate has a slightly flattened base and having flared rounded sides terminating in a coggled rim. The plate has a slip design in black and yellow coloring showing a cocks comb flower in the center over an orangish brown background. The flower is supported by a vertical stem having two large leaves at the bottom. The back of the plate is dated and signed by Greg Shooner, the artist who decorated the plate. This plate, as usual with all Shooner pieces, is a reproduction of a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century pieces of primitive redware. It is a nice-looking plate and would make a great addition to your collection. Please view the photos presented as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: 2004.
Origin: Ohio, USA
Size: Measures ~8 1/2" in diameter and is ~1 3/4" high. The plate weighs slightly over one pound and 5 ounces.
Maker: Greg Shooner Marks: "Shooner American Redware; Oregonia, O; This Glaze Contains Lead; Not for Food Storage or Use; Mary Spellmire Shooner" and signed Greg Shooner 2004 in cursive calligraphy on bottom.
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is a very nice plate with a nice and unusual design. This is a beautiful, solid, and substantial plate weighing over one pound and 5 ounces. A definite beauty, which deserves a prominent spot in any redware collection.
Condition: Plate is in very good condition with no cracks, hairlines, or repairs. It has no unintentional chips, cracks, scratches, or glaze loss. The plate does have intentional small chips along the rim, crazing, a few spots where the glaze is lost within the body of the plate, and some scuff marks and scratches throughout. All of these can be seen in the photo. Of course, all of these are intentional to give the plate the required look of the reproduced plate from days gone by. Please see photos for additional condition information.
