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Vase
circa 1920
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.1

Measurements:

height: 4.5 inches
width: 6.625 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Candleholder
circa 1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Currently on view at

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.10

Measurements:

height: 4.5 inches
width: 4.375 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
circa 1915-1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of PatH. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.15

Measurements:

height: 6.75 inches
width: 4.375 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Pitcher
circa 1920
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.17

Measurements:

height: 8.25 inches
width: 6.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Pitcher
cica 1915-1935
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Born in Wisconsin, Oscar Bachelder left home at seventeen to travel across the country as an itinerant potter. He finally settled in the small mountain town of Luther, near Asheville in 1911. He bought some land with clay deposits and started Omar Khayyam Pottery. Bachelder was one of the first North Carolina potters to make the transition from utilitarian to art wares. Many of his wares have deceptively simple shapes and subtle shadings of colors. One of his most striking glazes was a deep black Albany slip, as seen on this pitcher.

Accession Number: H1981.24.18

Measurements:

height: 9.5 inches
width: 6.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
circa 1914
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.2

Measurements:

height: 5 inches
width: 6.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
circa 1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.22

Measurements:

height: 7.75 inches
width: 5.125 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
circa 1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.23

Measurements:

height: 7.625 inches
width: 5.75 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Experimental Vase
circa 1915-1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of PatH. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.25

Measurements:

height: 8.5 inches
width: 4.75 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Portrait of Oscar Louis Bachelder
1929
Oscar L. Bachelder

earthenware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

This portrait of Bachelder bears the potter's signature, his OLB monogram, and is dated 1927. Museum records show that Bachelder's friend, Finnish potter William Soini, did a similar plaque of the potter. This plaque may have been a copy of the Soini work, may have been done by Bachelder from a photo, or perhaps Bachelder did both plaques. Further research into this is necessary.

Accession Number: H1981.24.30

Measurements:

height: 6.5 inches
width: 6.375 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Pitcher
circa 1920
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.31

Measurements:

height: 5 inches
width: 7.125 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Bean Pot
circa 1920
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.32

Measurements:

height: 6.125 inches
width: 7.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Pitcher
1928
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware Albany slip

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.33

Measurements:

height: 11.25 inches
width: 7.75 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Pitcher
circa 1925
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware Albany slip

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Born in Wisconsin, Oscar Bachelder left home at seventeen to travel across the country as an itinerant potter. He finally settled in the small mountain town of Luther, near Asheville in 1911. He bought some land with clay deposits and started Omar Khayyam Pottery. Bachelder was one of the first North Carolina potters to make the transition from utilitarian to art wares. Many of his wares have deceptively simple shapes and subtle shadings of colors.

Accession Number: H1981.24.35

Measurements:

height: 3.75 inches
width: 4.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Candleholder
circa 1915
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware Albany slip

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.4

Measurements:

height: 9.125 inches
width: 6.125 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
circa 1920
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware Albany slip

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Accession Number: H1981.24.43

Measurements:

height: 4.375 inches
width: 6 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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Vase
1930
Oscar L. Bachelder

stoneware Albany slip

Not currently on view

Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston

Born in Wisconsin, Oscar Bachelder left home at seventeen to travel across the country as an itinerant potter. He finally settled in the small mountain town of Luther, near Asheville in 1911. He bought some land with clay deposits and started Omar Khayyam Pottery. Bachelder was one of the first North Carolina potters to make the transition from utilitarian to art wares. Many of his wares have deceptively simple shapes and subtle shadings of colors. The creative use of the glazes here confirms Bachelder's commitment to experimentation and his fascination with the artistic aspects of pottery making.

Accession Number: H1981.24.6

Measurements:

height: 5.5 inches
width: 4.5 inches

Copyright Information:
Public Domain

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