Comments on: R. Butt, Washington, DC Stoneware

By: Brandt Zipp

Brandt Zipp — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:35 +0000

Hi Dennis, Yes, please do! Brandt

By: Dennis William Butt

Dennis William Butt — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:14:58 +0000

Many have researched and many are currently researching the various BUTT families who lived in Maryland and later in W. V., Ohio and Iowa. I am in Iowa. I maintain the above web site that includes all I know about my BUTT family. I cannot make a connection between R. Butt of pottery fame and any of the BUTT families with whom I am familiar. I do have posted on my site, the Archeology study done in the D C area that unearthed the R. Butt “factory”. I cannot afford even one piece of this pottery…if I could, I’d own all I could find, even though I cannot claim to be related to this guy. Anyway, I would like to post the above information about this auction/stoneware on my site. Can I get your approval to do so.

Thanks,

D Butt
East Central Iowa

By: Brandt Zipp

Brandt Zipp — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:31:19 +0000

Hi John,

Please feel free to send us photos of your “J W” jar and we’d be happy to tell you what we think of it. The same goes for your John Walker piece, if you’d like us to evaluate it for you. (Our contact page: http://www.crockerfarm.com/contact/).

Regards,
Brandt Zipp

By: John

John — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:22:53 +0000

I have a piece with a shape very much like the
two R.Butt ones shown that is signed John Walker.
The impressed signature is a little unclear, but
I believe it was made by John Walker. The shape
and handles are like those of Butt, especially the one signed Monty, Co. Md. I have
a jug with incised initials J.W. that also has a
circular stamp that is indistinct but looks like
a stamp that I have seen on another piece of Baltimore pottery.