TWO SLIP-DECORATED REDWARE PLATES

SIMON SINGER (1822-1894), HAYCOCK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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TWO SLIP-DECORATED REDWARE PLATES
Simon Singer (1822-1894), Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, late 19th century
Each circular with coggle-wheel rim with white slip decoration; one inscribed "Gertie Singer," the other inscribed "Romona Singer" with green glaze
8½in. diameter the largest (2)

Lot Essay

Undoubtedly made for members of Simon Singer's family, these plates relate to plates signed by the maker, "S. Singer/Potter," in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Mercer Museum (Garvan, p.197, fig. 116 and Singer, p. 66).