TO BE OFFERED JULY 19, 2008
06.25.2008. More photos of selected lots to be offered in our upcoming July 19 stoneware and redware auction have been added today.
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Crocker Farm Auction of American Stoneware & Redware
Extremely Important Bacher Redware Memorial Urn with Incised Poem and Impressed Floral Decoration.
Inscriptions read "Mollie C. Mackley died March 30th 1872 aged 1 year 11 months and 5 Days" and
"Mollie C. Mackley 1872. Here I rest my body and my breast. Remember me and I think of thee."
Incised on underside "made by Anthony Bacher 1873." Apparently made for the infant daughter
of potter James C. Mackley while Bacher was active in Thurmont, MD. Height 5 3/4"; Diameter 12 1/2".
Inscriptions read "Mollie C. Mackley died March 30th 1872 aged 1 year 11 months and 5 Days" and
"Mollie C. Mackley 1872. Here I rest my body and my breast. Remember me and I think of thee."
Incised on underside "made by Anthony Bacher 1873." Apparently made for the infant daughter
of potter James C. Mackley while Bacher was active in Thurmont, MD. Height 5 3/4"; Diameter 12 1/2".
Outstanding Stoneware Jar with Slip-Trailed Foliate Decoration and the Cobalt Inscription "R. Butt"
under each handle. Made at the Montgomery County, MD or Washington, DC pottery of Richard Butt.
This is the only known example of Butt stoneware signed in this manner, and the only example
decorated with a slip cup. A remarkable and important example of DC area stoneware. Height 10".
under each handle. Made at the Montgomery County, MD or Washington, DC pottery of Richard Butt.
This is the only known example of Butt stoneware signed in this manner, and the only example
decorated with a slip cup. A remarkable and important example of DC area stoneware. Height 10".
Multi-Glazed Redware Pitcher and Washbowl Set, attributed to J. Eberly & Co.,
Strasburg, VA, circa 1895. Diameter of bowl 13" ; Height of pitcher 11".
Strasburg, VA, circa 1895. Diameter of bowl 13" ; Height of pitcher 11".
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Exuberant Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped
"B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA," circa 1850. The extensive decoration and outstanding
color make this example one of the finest Milburn jars we are aware of. H 13".
"B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA," circa 1850. The extensive decoration and outstanding
color make this example one of the finest Milburn jars we are aware of. H 13".
Extremely Rare James River, VA Stoneware Jar, Stamped
"KING & TOY / NORFOLK," circa 1845-1855.
Produced for druggists Colonel N.C. King and
Thomas Dallam Toy of Norfolk, VA. H 10 3/4".
"KING & TOY / NORFOLK," circa 1845-1855.
Produced for druggists Colonel N.C. King and
Thomas Dallam Toy of Norfolk, VA. H 10 3/4".
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