Important Adams County, Pennsylvania redware figural bird and young group, signed Anthony Pacher. Potter. and dated 1852, (Anthony Wise Bacher (Baecher)), with a deeply incised bird surrounded by eight smaller incised birds, all resting on a circular incised base, 4 1/2" h., 6 3/4" w. Illustrated in Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, fig. 4.248. Provenance: A Maryland collection. Restoration to beak and tail of mother, tail feathers of three medium birds, and body of one small bird.