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Alabama Folk Art Pottery grouping Montgomery area pre-WW2 anonymous craftsman
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Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their names have remained elusive to academics trying to find them. The ware is uncommon and extensively decorated with back patterns and flowers of Alabama. The work is low fired earthenware and appears to be decorated with brightly colored cold paints and varnished. The appearance is distinctive and it has taken more than two decades to assemble even this half dozen attractive examples. The ware is subject to chips to the highpoints and flaking of the varnished surface. This grouping is not exempt from those defects, but are among the most exhibition or collection appropriate examples I have seen. The measurements are for the tall pitcher and you can surmise the scale of the others based upon it. Alabama folk art is uncommon, in fact, there isn't even much folk art revival material in Alabama, as is the case in most states. But, collections of actual naive or outsider art from the state are few and far between simply because of the scarcity of examples.
- Dimensions:Height: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:c1935
- Condition:Minor losses.
- Seller Location:Mobile, AL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7894232549272
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