Antique Buffalo Pottery Deldare Dancing Ye Minuet Dresser Tray (#900-176)

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Antique Buffalo Pottery Deldare Dancing Ye Minuet Dresser Tray (#900-176)
Antique Buffalo Pottery Deldare Dancing Ye Minuet Dresser Tray (#900-176)
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Description
Offered is a very nice Dresser Tray made by Buffalo Pottery in the Deldare Ware line. This tray is marked “Dancing Ye Minuet” and is signed by a documented Buffalo Pottery artist, “L. Anna”. This tray depicts two couples dancing in the parlor. Around the edge od the tray are six houses, rail fencing, trees and landscaping. The back of the tray has the Buffalo Pottery backstamp. This piece is undated which is not unusual but it is likely from 1908-1909.
Buffalo Pottery has an interesting history as it had it’s beginning because a Buffalo, New York soap manufacturing company by the name of the Larkin Company began offering “premiums” with the soap it was selling. The “free” dishware premiums were so successful the company built its own pottery operation in 1903 – Buffalo Pottery - to cut out the middle man who had been supplying them.
One of the most collected Buffalo Pottery product lines was Deldare Ware which was art pottery produced from 1908 through 1911 and then again after World War I from 1923 until 1925. Deldare Ware features scenes of English village life centering around interactions at the hunt, in taverns or about town. Pieces were molded and applied with a transfer design before being hand painted with an underglaze of mineral colors on a khaki or green ground. Designs were produced on a variety of decorative items including plates, bowls, candlesticks and pitchers. Production of these pieces was extremely costly and labor-intensive, so the line was only manufactured for a limited period.
Almost all pieces were dated on the back and monogrammed or signed by the artist. The designs were copied from English etchings, with themes such as scenes from Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853); the Fallowfield Hunt series, after artist Cecil Aldin; and the tours of Dr. Syntax (circa 1809 to 1822), after the English caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Forms ranged from small dishes to tea sets, trivets, pitchers, trays, bowls, and vases.
Dimension/size
– This tray is 12 3/8” long and 9 3/8” wide. It stands about ¾” high. It weighs about two pounds four ounces.
Condition
– This tray is in good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs that we can see. There are some minor surface scratches that can be seen if the light is right. There are some normal glaze issues such as tiny skips and specks. There are some black glaze marks on the backside as well as a small white glaze spot. Please see photos.
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