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Important Southern Face Vessel. Exceedingly Rare Stoneware Face Pitcher with Profuse Cobalt Tulip Decoration, attributed to Samuel Bell, Winchester or Strasburg, VA, circa 1835-1845. H 10 3/4". Provenance: Originally purchased from a picker from Winchester, Virginia during the early 1970s.

This pitcher is one of a small number of salt-glazed stoneware face vessels from the American South in existence, and one of only two we have seen from the state of Virginia; the other is a large ochre-decorated pitcher, possibly by the Trees Point Pottery of Charles City, VA, which is currently in the collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg, VA.

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Outstanding Incised Bank. Exceptional Stoneware Presentation Bank with Profuse Incised Bird and Floral Decorations, Inscribed "A. R. / March 28 / 1874," attributed to Henry H., or possibly Richard, Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, 1874. H 6 3/8".

Likely the finest example of Remmey stoneware to surface in years, this large-sized coin bank may have been made for Richard Remmey's wife, Agnes.

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New York State Stoneware Masterpiece. Stoneware Presentation Urn with Elaborate Cobalt Floral, Dot, and Eagle Decoration, Inscribed on Both Sides "Nancy & Martha / From / G". Stamped "WM E. WARNER / WEST-TROY," circa 1850. H 13 1/2" ; Diameter (at opening) 11 1/2".

Original drain holes at the base suggest this important vessel was designed to be planted with flowers. However, its remarkable condition suggests it was never used.

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Important Stoneware Flask with Large Cobalt Decoration in the Form of the Slip-Trailed Signature "David Parr / May 5 1823," Baltimore, MD origin, 1823. L 8 1/2".

David Parr (1786-1832) was one of Baltimore's most prolific stoneware potters during the second and third decades of the 19th century. He can be credited with popularizing elaborately-brushed cobalt floral motifs in the Mid-Atlantic, rarely seen in such profuse application until his time. Similar stoneware decorations, which appeared in Virginia and Philadelphia during the 1820s to 1840s, were likely influenced by Parr's work. Parr died of cholera in 1832, leaving the running of his shop on the corner of Eden and Dulaney Streets to his wife, Margaret. This flask is the only hand-signed example of Parr's work known, and may have been his personal drinking vessel.

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Outstanding Six-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Molded Handles and Cobalt Decoration of a Woman Holding a Bouquet, attributed to the Thompson Pottery, Morgantown, WV, circa 1870. H 17".

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Exceptional Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Decoration of a Woman with Walking Stick, West Virginia or Western PA origin, circa 1860-1870. H 16".

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Outstanding New York State Peacock. Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Detailed Cobalt Decoration of a Peacock in a Branch, Stamped "JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER," circa 1860. H 19".

Recently found in New Jersey, this exceptional churn descended in a Rochester family and has never been offered for sale since its manufacture. The peacock, measuring approximately 16" long, is composed of hundreds of slip-trailed strokes, and represents one of the finest examples of this poultry breed on American stoneware known.

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Important Incised Jug. Diminutive Stoneware Four-Handled Jug with Elaborate Incised Floral Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1820-1835. Exceedingly Rare Form. H 7 1/2".

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Exceptional Miniature Stoneware Presentation Pitcher, Incised "Hannah Couch," Beaver County, PA origin, third quarter 19th century. H 2 5/8".

This elegantly-potted pitcher was likely made for a relative of New Brighton, PA potter, Edwin Couch.

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Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Two-Sided Incised Game Bird Decoration, Ohio origin, third quarter 19th century. H 9 1/2".

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Exceptional Stoneware Centennial Presentation Mug with Incised Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, PA origin, circa 1876. H 4 1/2".

This extremely rare mug is signed by the potter Aaron "Radley" on the underside, and features the name of a Philadelphia tavern owner, Charles "Seithers," flanking the Liberty Bell.

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Very Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "WELLS & RICHARDS / READING, PA," circa 1845. H 12 3/4".

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Very Rare Stoneware Milkpan, Inscribed in Cobalt "Milk Pan," Pennsylvania origin, circa 1840. H 5" ; Diameter 11 1/2".

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Extremely Rare Lead and Manganese Glazed Redware Jar, Incised on Underside "Henry Watkins / 1852," Guilford or Randolph County, North Carolina origin. H 11 1/4".

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Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Presentation Jar, Incised "Hannah Powers," Pennsylvania origin, circa 1855. H 8 5/8".

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Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt House and Floral Decorations, Dated 1835, Pennsylvania origin. H 7 1/2".

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Ovoid Stoneware Jar with Incised and Brushed Floral Decorations, attributed to Joseph Remmey, South Amboy, NJ, circa 1820. H 14 1/4".

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Important Folk Art Figural Decoration. Outstanding Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Large Cobalt Horse and Driver Decoration, Stamped "OTTMAN BROS. & CO. / FT. EDWARD, NY," circa 1875. Recently found in New York State and decorated with great folk art appeal, this crock features an unusually large design of a horse with yoke, bridle, and reins, led by a driver with top hat and whip.

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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Folky Slip-Trailed Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to Parr & Burrland, Baltimore, MD, circa 1815-1822.

This early pitcher features a design most commonly associated with the Wilkes Street Pottery of Alexandria, VA, and reveals that this motif was originally used in Baltimore, only to be copied later by John Swann and B.C. Milburn in Alexandria.

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From a Good Selection of Philadelphia Stoneware, including a Rare Three-Gallon Pitcher attributed to the Remmey Pottery.

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Very Rare Molded Stoneware Fish Pitcher, probably Midwestern, second half 19th century.

This highly unusual figural pitcher was copied from a majolica example of the period, and decorated with numerous incised scales. The body is decorated with a purplish-black slip, composed of cobalt and manganese.

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Exceptional Inkstand. Heart-Shaped Stoneware Inkstand with Original Well, Sander, and Profuse Slip-Trailed Cobalt Decoration, second quarter 19th century. L 5 1/2".

This important new discovery in American stoneware exhibits an outstanding heart-shaped form, large size, and brilliant color. The color is consistent with early Philadelphia and Baltimore stoneware, suggesting this piece may be the work of master potter, Henry Remmey, Jr., who was active in both cities. One of the finest examples of American stoneware to surface in several years. Provenance: Purchased at a New Jersey flea market approximately thirty years ago.

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Important Figural Jug. Unique Stoneware Jug with Incised Bust of a Devil and a Goat, New York State origin, probably Manhattan, early 19th century. H 15 3/4". Literature: American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840, Sumpter Priddy, 2004. Provenance: Ex-Don Walters; Ex-Sumpter Priddy.

This boldly-decorated jug features a large devil's bust facing the right, complete with horns, goatee, and long nose. Facing the left, however, is an entirely different face, that of a long-bearded billy goat, created from the left side of devil's face and his ribbed neck. Illustrated and discussed in Sumpter Priddy's seminal work, American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840, the jug's devil motif is likely evocative of the "demon rum" contained inside.

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Outstanding Remmey Pitcher. Extremely Rare and Fine Salt-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher with Elaborate Incised Floral Decoration, Dated 1856, attributed to Henry H. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA. H 9". Provenance: From a forty-year private collection.

This exceptional pitcher is one of a small number of lavishly-incised examples produced by the Remmey family during their tenure in Philadelphia. The use of a very light colored clay body, brilliant cobalt, and a highly-unusual white-colored slip on the interior, indicate Remmey was attempting to produce one of his most high-styled pieces to date.

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Ten-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug with Bold Folk Art Grape Vine Decoration, Ohio origin, mid 19th century.

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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Impressed and Coggled Designs and Manganese Decoration, Stamped "T*W * J*L," Thomas Warne and Joshua Letts, South Amboy, NJ, early 19th century.

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Scarce Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Keg Cooler and Pitcher, Stamped "A.J. BUTTLER / MANUFACTERUR (sic) / NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ," circa 1870. Provenance: From a forty-year private collection.

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Selection of Stoneware Script Advertising Jugs, attributed to the Fulper Pottery, Flemington, NJ, late 19th or early 20th century.

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Signed New Jersey Pottery Pitchers by Abraham Cadmus of South Amboy, NJ, and Millington, Astbury & Poulston of Trenton, NJ, along with a Rare South Amboy Presentation Frog Pitcher, Incised "T. Regan to Will Shellard / 1886 / Sept. 31". Provenance: From a forty-year private collection.

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Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Strong Mocha-Style Manganese Banding, Stamped "HENRY GLAZIER / HUNTINGDON, PA.," circa 1835. Provenance: Recently found in New England.

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Selection of 20th Century Southern Folk Pottery, including Lanier Meaders.

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Selection of 19th Century American Redware.

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Colonial Stoneware Masterpiece. Important Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Incised Checkerboard-Patterned Design of a Sunflower Extending from an Open-Handled Urn, Manhattan or New Jersey origin, second or third quarter 18th century. H 14 1/2".

This significant recent discovery is one of the finest and earliest examples of intact colonial American stoneware known. The distinctive checkerboard design relates to imported Westerwald stoneware produced during the period, as well as earlier. This use of alternating cobalt-decorated and undecorated incising can also be noted on sherds excavated at the Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, NJ, the Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, NJ, as well as at the Remmey and Crolius potteries of Manhattan, during the mid 18th century. These sherds are pictured in Goldberg, Warwick, and Warwick, "The 18th-Century New Jersey Stoneware Potteries of Captain James Morgan and the Kemple Family" and Janowitz, "New York City Stoneware from the African Burial Ground," Ceramics in America 2008.

The front of the jar also includes an incised watchspring-like flourish, brush-decorated cobalt heart and circular designs, as well as the initials "I S" below the urn, and the initials "ƗPR" to its left. Whether these initials refer to members of the States or Remmey families of potters, both active in Manhattan, is speculation at this point. However, this may be the earliest example by the prolific New York City stoneware potters known. It was only after the relatively recent revelation of the stoneware sherds from New York's African Burial Ground that we now have any good understanding of the wares the Croliuses and Remmeys were making in lower Manhattan before the Revolution, and it was these sorts of pieces--previously solely attributable to New Jersey.

The very unusual crossed "I" before "PR" appears on the well-known "Elizabeth States" teapot pictured in Goldberg, Warwick, and Warwick, as does the incised looping design on the right side of the reverse of this jar. States was a close associate of the Croliuses and Remmeys for a few years during the 1740's, before moving on to Cheesequake, NJ, and further destinations in his career. Whether this directly links the jar to States or merely reinforces its attribution to some of the earliest of America's stoneware potteries, also remains to be seen.

The reverse features an abstract incised labyrinthine design accented with daisies, possibly decorated by a child, along with a simply-contrived Indian's bust below.

Provenance: Recently found in New York State.

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Cowden & Wilcox Masterpiece. Exceedingly Rare One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Batter Pail with Cobalt Decoration of Four Birds Perched on Leaves, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865. One of the finest examples of Harrisburg stoneware be offered in recent years.

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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Man-in-the-Moon Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865.

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Outstanding Two-Gallon Alexandria Stoneware Pitcher, Impressed "H.C. SMITH / ALEXA. / DC." Made at the pottery of merchant Hugh Charles Smith in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1845. Excellent decoration and form.

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Large Ovoid Washington, D.C. Stoneware Crock, Impressed "R. BUTT / W. CITY, D.C." Made at Richard Butt's pottery at the corner of Eighth and I Streets NW in Washington, probably late 1830's.

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Rare Small-Sized Redware Jug-Form Bank, attributed to Emmanuel Suter, Rockingham County, Virginia. Provenance: Descended in the family of the potter.

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Extremely Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "KELLEY & HARR," Western PA origin, circa 1855. This highly unusual jar was likely made at one of the potteries operated by members of the Harr family, who were active in Ligonier and Connellsville, PA.

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Very Rare Blair County, PA Stoneware Presentation Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Inscribed in Cobalt "Mrs Margaret Mulhollen / Tipton / Blair Co Penna," circa 1850-1870. Family history of the jar indicates Margaret Muhollen was born in 1825 on a farm in Antis Township, Blair County, Pa. She married David S. Mulhollen in 1844, had nine children, and died in 1893.

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Rare Anna Pottery Chicago World's Fair Stoneware Pig Bottle, Inscribed "Fresh Pork / from the World's Fair / with a little good Old Rye / in a Pigs- / 1893". Rear incised "Cut Rates to the Worlds Fair by the ICRR". Underside incised "Chicago Water works".

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Rare Diminutive Stoneware Jug with Incised Game Bird Decoration, North Carolina origin, second or third quarter 19th century. Provenance: Found in the Alamance / Orange County area of North Carolina.

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Shenandoah Valley Multi-Glazed Redware Wallpocket, attributed to J. Eberly & Co., Strasburg, VA, circa 1890.

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Outstanding Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Bold Cobalt Decoration of a Cornucopia and Date, Stamped "HUBBELL & CHESEBRO. / GEDDES, N.Y.," Dated 1868.

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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Rooster Decoration, Stamped "W.H. FARRAR & CO. / GEDDES, NY," circa 1860.

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Scarce Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Large Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "N.A. WHITE & CO. / BINGHAMTON," NY State origin, circa 1866-1868.

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Selection of Southwestern Pennsylvania Stoneware, including Six-Gallon J. SWANK & CO / JOHNSTOWN, PA Crock, Rare attributed Swank Chamberpot, and Isaac Hewitt (Rices Landing, PA) Double-Handled Jug.

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Very Rare Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Stenciled Cobalt Decoration, Stamped "F.H. COWDEN / HARRISBURG, PA."

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Extremely Rare One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "BODELL," Blacksburg, VA origin, late 19th century. This is the first example of David Bodell's work we have offered.

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Shenandoah Valley Glazed Redware Jug, Stamped "A.W. BACHER / WINCHESTER, VA," circa 1880. H 8 1/4".

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