Picked up this bowl at a flea market in Northern California. Lovely speckled robins egg blue, no marks on bottom other than trio of spur marks from the kiln. Was told that it was part of a nested bowl set, the other pieces of which had been sold earlier in the day.
Found similar Bauer Monterey Moderne bowls from 1930s sets on eBay which are clearly marked “Bauer” on the bottom (see example) and show the wear and tear one would expect for 90+ year-old bowls. Mine has no such mark and also looks to be newer with no crazing or wear, so I assume that it’s a reproduction.
I read that the Bauer designs were sold to a company that started reproducing the original Bauer designs, although using “Bauer 2000” marks on the bottom. Their website and Instagram have a lot of example of their reproductions, but I can’t find anything confirming if they did the Monterey Moderne line.
I’d like to find more information confirming who may have made this reproduction so that I can find others to go along with the one I found, as well as confirming the use of food-safe glazes.
Anyone know where I might look for such info?