AMERICAN BUFFALO POTTERY DELDARE "YE OLDEN DAYS" CERAMIC ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE

AMERICAN BUFFALO POTTERY DELDARE "YE OLDEN DAYS" CERAMIC ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE, comprising a dresser tray with colonial dance scene, entitled "Dancing Ye Minuet", and signed "M.[able] Gerhardt"; a 12 1/8" circular plaque having men in colonial dress standing outside "Ye Lion Inn" with two drilled holes on foot ring for hanging, signed "E. Dowlman"; and a oval server with men in colonial dress conversing on the street, signed "L. Newman", each having border depicting colonial houses. Each with printed mark on base of a buffalo over sign reading "MADE AT / ye / BUFFALO / POTTERY / DELDARE WARE / UNDERGLAZE" and plaque with date mark 1909. Together with a framed transfer test image on tissue paper of "Ye Lion Inn". Four pieces total. Buffalo Pottery Company, Buffalo, New York. Circa 1909.

Condition: Undamaged, except for some expected scattered scratches.

Size: Tray 13 5/8" x 10 3/8" and server 8 3/8" x 6 3/4".

Provenance: From the estate of Holton Rosenquist, Bradford, IL.Catalogue Note: Signed by Mabel Gerhardt, the eldest of two Gerhardt sisters, who were considered some of Buffalo Pottery's most skilled ceramic decorators.