
What: Fall 2010 Auction of American Stoneware and Redware Pottery
When: To Be Announced
How to Bid: Bidding Info
Price Realized: $4,025.00 (Price includes 15% buyer's premium).
Thank you all for another successful and exciting auction! Winning internet bidders will be emailed on Monday and winning Phone and Absentee bidders will receive invoices in this week's mail. We are all looking forward to our Fall 2010 auction!Outstanding Early Stoneware Jar with Large Incised Bird and Floral Decorations, attributed to William Capron, Albany, NY, circa 1805, approximately three-gallon, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and applied lug handles, decorated on one side with a large incised and cobalt-highlighted bird with long tail and hollow eye. Reverse decorated with a large incised floral design having alternating cobalt-filled and hollow sections to the flower head. Form, color, and decoration, are consistent with early products of Albany, NY attributed to William Capron. For a nearly identical example, see "Paul Cushman: The Work and World of a 19th Century Albany Potter," p. 79, figs. 48a and 48b. A stately example of early New York State stoneware. In-the-firing vertical 5 1/2" separation line on interior, which does not go through to exterior. Base chips. H 13 1/4".
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