BUFFALO POTTERY ROYCROFT ARTS & CRAFTS CERAMIC PLATES, SET OF SIX

BUFFALO POTTERY ROYCROFT ARTS & CRAFTS CERAMIC PLATES, SET OF SIX, each featuring brown, black, and green Art Deco geometric pattern on edge with Roycroft logo and double-barred cross and circle and "R". Marks to underside include four having black-printed buffalo with "SEMI-VITREOUS / BUFFALO / POTTERY" and two having green-printed "BUFFALO / POTTERY / 1925 / ROYCROFT." Together with a 1969 edition of the Altmans' The Book of Buffalo Pottery. Seven pieces total. Buffalo Pottery, Buffalo, NY. First quarter 20th century. 9 3/8" D.
Literature: Parallels the Altmans - The Book of Buffalo Pottery, p. 151, fig. 288.
Catalogue Note: The Roycroft Inn in East Aurora, New York was home to the Roycroft Arts and Crafts community. Elbert Hubbard, the founder of the Roycroft community was the brother-in-law to John Durrant Larkin, the founder of Larkin Soap and Buffalo Pottery.
Provenance:

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 2/17/2017, lot 100.
Ex-collection of the late Phillip M. Sullivan.
Condition Report: Plate in excellent undamaged condition with expected glaze crazing and some minor light short scattered scratches from use; book having personal inscription to interior of front and back cover and creased book jacket.