Lot Essay
An identical loaf-dish mold is in the collection of the Winterthur Museum and is illustrated in Swank, et.al., p.184, fig.137.
SIGNED B.B. MERSHON, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1848
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AN UNGLAZED REDWARE LOAF-DISH MOLD
Signed B.B. Mershon, Pennsylvania, dated 1848
Rectangular, with flattened rim and canted sides, top of base incised, "B.B. Mershon./Febuary 25th 1848[sic]"; together with a redware candlestick glazed in salmon with brown daubs and an unglazed redware circular plate mold
2 5/8in. high, 12¼in. wide, 8in. deep, the largest (3)
Signed B.B. Mershon, Pennsylvania, dated 1848
Rectangular, with flattened rim and canted sides, top of base incised, "B.B. Mershon./Febuary 25th 1848[sic]"; together with a redware candlestick glazed in salmon with brown daubs and an unglazed redware circular plate mold
2 5/8in. high, 12¼in. wide, 8in. deep, the largest (3)