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Spring 2024 Stoneware & Redware Auction Catalog

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Our Spring 2024 auction represents one of the finest groupings of American stoneware and redware we have ever assembled. Headlined by a number of very high level objects, this sale features a large number of museum-quality objects from nearly every major potting tradition. This edition features 421 lots laid out in full color across 192 pages and, as always, makes a great reference source on period American ceramics. Now shipping!


Commeraw's Stoneware: The Life and Work of the First African-American Pottery Owner

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Presented here for the first time in two centuries is the lost story of New York City potter Thomas W. Commeraw, a key early African-American figure whose identity slipped through the fingers of history. Rediscovered by the author in the first years of this century, Commeraw stands as one of the most fascinating of all historic American decorative artists: an abolitionist, activist, highly influential craftsman and, ultimately, the hopeful founder of a new African republic. Hardbound with cloth cover and dust jacket. 311 pages. 589 images. 8 1/2" x 11".

Topics include:

  • Commeraw's fascinating life story, from childhood to death.
  • A comprehensive discussion and illustration of Commeraw's pottery, made from the mid-1790's to late 1810's.
  • Commeraw's abolitionism, political activism and role as an important local free black figure.
  • A thorough history of New York City stoneware.
  • An in-depth breakdown of the work of other New York City stoneware manufacturers, including Clarkson Crolius, Sr.; John Remmey III; and David Morgan.
  • Commeraw's harrowing experiences on the west coast of Africa.
If you prefer to order over the phone, please do so at: 410-472-2016.

Commeraw's Stoneware: The Life and Work of the First African-American Pottery Owner, by A. Brandt Zipp. Published by Crocker Farm, Inc.


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