Stoneware Auction / Redware Auction Photos, Next Auction

TO BE OFFERED JULY 19, 2008

05.05.2008. More photos of selected lots to be offered in our upcoming July 19 stoneware and redware auction have been added today. More photos coming soon!

JULY 19 AUCTION PHOTOS PAGE:
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OUR NEXT TWO AUCTIONS of fine antique American stoneware and redware pottery will take place on May 31 and July 19, as follows:

MAY 31: Single-owner auction of John Bell (Waynesboro, PA) and Bell Family redware & stoneware. This will be the largest sale of John Bell pottery since 1935, when his granddaughter, Myrtle Deardorff, dispensed of the remaining contents of the Bell pottery.

JULY 19: Our next regular consignment auction of antique American stoneware and redware. We are Now Accepting Consignments for what is sure to be another exciting event. Contact us today for a free evaluation of your pottery.

Our MAY 31 AUCTION CATALOG is sure to be the most comprehensive collector’s and dealer’s guide on Bell pottery values to date!

Click here to order your copy or send a check for $34.60 ($30 plus Priority Mail shipping) to:

Crocker Farm, Inc.
P.O. Box 725
Riderwood, MD 21139

(You may also call us at 410-337-5090 to order using your credit card).

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Crocker Farm Auction of American Stoneware & Redware

Important SAM'L. I. IRVINE / NEWVILLE, PA Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Bear's Head Spout
Exceedingly Rare and Important
Stoneware Water Cooler with
Hand-Modeled Bear's Head Spout
and Twisted Rope Handles, Stamped
"SAM'L. I. IRVINE / NEWVILLE, PA,"
circa 1860. This is the first time
this remarkable example of
Pennsylvania stoneware will be
offered for sale since the early 1950's.
Height 16 1/2".
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Elaborate Pheasant on Stump Decoration, Stamped
"J. NORTON & CO. / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1850. Exceptionally strong cobalt.
Very Fine, Early Albany Slip Glazed Stoneware Pig Bottle, Incised with
Various Midwestern Landmarks and the Inscription "St. Louis the future
capital in a - / Quickest, Shortest / Cheapest and / Only Safe and reliable /
Route from the Great Northwest / to the Sunny Solid South / with a little
good old Bourbon in a hogs / By / Anna Pottery / 1878." Provenance:
Ex-Collection Georgeanna Greer; Harmer Rooke Galleries. Length 6 1/2".
Rare Anna Pottery Albany Slip Glazed Stoneware Frog Mug, Incised "Decatur Quail / 1881."
Unusual climbing stance to frog. H 2 3/4". Ex-Collection Georgeanna Greer.
Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Harvest Jug with Spattered Cobalt Decoration
and Crossed Twig Handle, Midwestern origin, circa 1880.
Rare Open-Handled Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Impressed Decoration,
attributed to Clarkson Crolius, Sr., Manhattan, New York, circa 1815. H 11 1/2".
Rare Early Stoneware Flask with Cobalt-Highlighted Spout, Stamped
"C. CROLIUS / MANUFACTURER / NEW-YORK," Clarkson Crolius, Jr., circa 1830. H 7 1/2".
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Click here to view May 31 John Bell redware and stoneware auction photos.
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