Lot #4: Signed Combware Holiday Plate created by Artist Charles Long

Vintage combware plate made of red clay by artist and sculptor Charles Long, who is my brother. Combware is the art of drizzling glaze/slip across the plate and then dragging specially crafted combs across to create the designs; this style was used a lot in colonial and Amish pottery which is prevalent in the area we grew up in outside of Philadelphia. The plate is about 7.4 inches across and dated 12/22/86. It is signed by the artist who was also a part of the Long Family Potters. It is marked on the back that it was created at a studio at Westervelt which was in Staten Island, New York, and he also marked that he titled it I (heart) Pots. Glaze is lead free. Wear from age, display, storage. Pickup category timeslot {A}