A SGRAFFITO-DECORATED REDWARE PLATE

ATTRIBUTED TO CONRAD MUMBOUER (1761-1845), HAYCOCK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1802

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A SGRAFFITO-DECORATED REDWARE PLATE
Attributed to Conrad Mumbouer (1761-1845), Haycock Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1802
Circular, with coggle-wheel rim, the surface decorated with a flowerpot inscribed "18 Elisabet 02 Conutfries (?)" issuing tulips with a yellow-beige glaze highlighted with red slip and daubs of green glaze
11¾in. diameter

Lot Essay

For plates with similar decoration attributed to Mumbouer and his son-in-law, John Monday (1809-1862), see Garvan figs. 66-75, pp.184-186 and Pennsylvania German Folk Art and Decorative Arts from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Flanders Smith, June 3, 1995, lot 206.