Incised Stoneware Auction Highlights

$230,000

Important "Morgan Maker / Balt" (William Morgan, Baltimore) Stoneware Water Cooler

WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: BALTIMORE STONEWARE, MARYLAND POTTERY

07-20-2013

$180,000

Boston Stoneware Jar for "Mrs. Elesebeth Tarbell 1806"

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: MASSACHUSETTS STONEWARE

04-09-2021

$108,000

The Philadelphia Cooler: Masterwork by Henry Remmey, Jr. Dated 1828

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: PHILADELPHIA STONEWARE

11-10-2023

$103,500

BOYNTON, Albany, NY Stoneware Cooler

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, ALBANY STONEWARE

03-21-2009

$71,500

M + T MiLLER / NEW PORT / PERRY Co / PENN Stoneware Birdhouse

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: M & T MILLER STONEWARE

11-04-2006

When stoneware potters "incised" their work, they drew designs into the clay while it was still at its "leather hard" stage: still wet, but firm enough to be safely cut into. After drying, these designs were then usually covered over in cobalt slip--creating, once fired, a vessel adorned with a detailed decoration highlighted in blue. This technique is generally considered the finest decorative treatment the American stoneware potters applied to their work, and you can see how highly-regarded it is by some of the auction prices we have realized over the last several years.
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