FEATURED LOTS, MARCH 3, 2012 STONEWARE AUCTION
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•March 3. American Stoneware & Redware Pottery.
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A Note About Featured Lots
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.
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.
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.
Rare Small-Sized Redware Jug-Form Bank, attributed to Emmanuel Suter, Rockingham County, Virginia. Provenance: Descended in the family of the potter.
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.
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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