Archive For The “Stoneware Auction” Category
We are very pleased to announce that our March 2, 2013 auction will feature the first in what we plan to be a series of lectures on American stoneware and redware! To be presented during the auction preview on Friday, March 1, we will be delivering our lecture entitled, Inferior to None: The Remmeys, First [...]
We recently shot several more stoneware-related videos, and here are four of Mark discussing some rare examples. This is something we now plan to make a regular part of our website, and are really enjoying being able to add this kind of content to the internet. With that in mind, we have added a new [...]
We shot and uploaded several new stoneware-related videos this week. We really enjoy talking about American stoneware and redware, and hope this is another good way to share that with you. Luke discusses David Parr, one of the most influential American stoneware potters, and one Luke has spent a ton of time researching. Not ten [...]
For some time now, we’ve been talking about adding video content to our website, highlighting certain stoneware pieces or otherwise discussing stoneware and redware in a way that goes beyond the printed word. This is our first foray into what we hope will be a continuously growing library of videos intending to educate and expand [...]
For those of you who may have missed it, my Commeraw project and the two examples of Commeraw’s pottery that we will be selling on the 29th were both featured in today’s issue of The New York Times. Click here to read the article. Those who have kept up with my various updates have seen [...]
I just wanted to draw everyone’s attention to this month’s issue of Maine Antique Digest, by far one of the most respected and widely-read publications on the subject of American antiques. We were honored to be heavily featured on the cover of that issue, along with Karl Pass’s story on our record-breaking March 5 auction [...]
Brandt’s Interview on “Artisan Ancestors”: Researching American Stoneware, Thomas Commeraw, and More
Jon Kay, the director of Traditional Arts Indiana, recently launched a great new podcast called Artisan Ancestors. Jon describes it as a “podcast where I explore ways to research and understand the past,” and he does just that, talking to professors, researchers, authors, and scholars about American decorative arts. A couple of weeks ago, Jon [...]