Archive For February, 2011
Grand in its size and decoration, a unique Poughkeepsie, NY stoneware jug will be offered without reserve in our March 5 auction of antique American stoneware and redware. Measuring 21 1/2″ tall, the jug was thrown on the potter’s wheel in two sections to accomodate its monumental size. A seam line near the shoulder reveals [...]
The existing group of stoneware mugs made for Yale University students around the turn of the twentieth century are an interesting lot. Quite scarce–they were, after all, made for a rather small population of college students–these vessels were clearly prized by enough alumni that a fair number were passed down to us. While some are [...]
Growing up in the Baltimore area in a household filled with stoneware, it was easy to gain a distinct appreciation for the work of the Alexandria potters. My father and mother would bring “new” pieces of stoneware into the house on a regular basis and, taken as a group, those that bore the abbreviated word [...]