DESCRIPTION: This is a Moravian folk art redware slip painted rooster figurine from southeastern Pennsylvania circa early 1800s. Moravia occupies most of the eastern part of the Czech Republic and the Moravian Church was a Protestant Outgrowth from the Catholic Church. Members of the Moravian Community purchased a 500 acre tract of land north of Philadelphia in 1741 along the Lehigh River and established their communal society. The mission was established on Christmas Eve, and was named Bethlehem, after the Biblical town in Judea. The Moravian redware rooster is large in size with incised and detailed features including plumage, dark slip design coloration on a circular incised decorated base. MEASUREMENTS: 16 inches high, 10 inches long, and 5 inches wide.

Moravian redware rooster is in excellent condition with tiny minor fleabites on the base (see photos). The Moravian redware rooster has an age appropriate patina with slight oxidation from being almost 200 years old.