Ernest Richter
Jar

MakerAmerican, active 1886–1905
MakerAmerican, active 1888–1909
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1888–1909
Made inElmendorf, Texas, United States
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions7 × 5 5/8 in. diameter (17.8 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.187
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

German-born potter William Saenger came to the United States in 1874 and lived in New Jersey and Kansas before arriving in Bexar County, Texas. His first pottery was in St. Hedwig but he moved to Elmendorf for better clay and started a pottery there in 1886, producing salt-glazed and slip-glazed wares.

Ernst Richter, also a German native, was an early employee of Saenger who later started his own firm, the Star Pottery, in 1888.


Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2006; given to MFAH, 2012.
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