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FEATURED LOTS, MARCH 3, 2012 STONEWARE AUCTION
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These are featured items that will be sold in our next auction, and are only a few examples of the hundreds of lots we will be selling then. Our full-color catalog illustrating all lots w/ detailed descriptions and conditions is usually shipped about two weeks before each sale; a complete online version is also posted around that time.
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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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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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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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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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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