AMERICAN BUFFALO POTTERY EMERALD DELDARE CERAMIC VASE

AMERICAN BUFFALO POTTERY EMERALD DELDARE CERAMIC VASE, known as the "American Beauty" pattern, the decoration includes white and green fluttering butterflies on the upper half with star-shaped flowers on the lower half. Signed "M.[abel] Gerhardt." with printed mark "1911 / BUFFALO / POTTERY / EMERALD / DELDARE / WARE / UNDERGLAZE" and hand-brushed "132." Buffalo Pottery Company, Buffalo, New York. Circa 1911.

Condition: Moderate crazing, otherwise undamaged.

Size: 13 1/4" H.

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.