Rudolph Gerber, attributed(Southeastern Pennsylvania, early 19th c.),

Rudolph Gerber, attributed(Southeastern Pennsylvania, early 19th c. ), glazed redware plate, dated and initialed "1812 RG", with coggled edge and yellow glaze with sgraffito decoration of 3 tulips arising from a pot with crosshatched decoration, the border with incised swags, 12" dia. Rudolph Gerber or was a potter who worked with Andrew Uhler, their styles being very similar. Reference: Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection , pg. 170; Schwind, The Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans , pgs. 189 and 197; The Collection of Henry P. Deyerle, Sotheby's, May 1995, lot 748. Provenance: Edgar & Charlotte Sittig; Asher J. Odenwelder, Jr. 1958. Pictured in Odenwelder, The Collector's Art A and Z , pg. 20. A copy of the original invoice accompanies lot.