2020 Auction Highlights

$480,000

The Broadway Water Cooler, Masterpiece of William H. Farrar, Geddes, NY

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: NEW YORK POTTERY

$252,000

Important Incised Ship Water Cooler attrib. Abial Price, South Amboy, New Jersey, 1839

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NEW JERSEY STONEWARE

$216,000

Dave (Enslaved Potter of Edgefield, SC) Stoneware Jar, December 17, 1857

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: "DAVE" STONEWARE (Signed Stoneware by the Enslaved Potter, David Drake)

$96,000

David Drake Stoneware Jug, Inscribed "Lm / Aug 17. 1852 / Dave," Made at Lewis Mile's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC

$78,000

June 10, 1853 Jug by Dave, Enslaved Potter of Edgefield, South Carolina (Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory)

$72,000

David Drake Double-Handled Stoneware Jug, Incised "Lm / August 31. 1852 / Dave," Made at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield, South Carolina

$72,000

Anna Pottery Stoneware Temperance Jug, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1862

$48,000

Exceptional HARRINGTON & BURGER/ ROCHESTER, NY Six-Gallon Stoneware Pheasant Churn

$42,000

Monumental Stoneware Urn with Chicken Pecking Corn, Bird, and Foliate Motifs, attributed to New York Stoneware Co., Fort Edward, NY, circa 1875

$39,000

J. SWANN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Ship

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: ALEXANDRIA STONEWARE

$36,000

Important Bell Family Stoneware Jar Incised on Underside, "January th / 1 1874 / Made by Solomon Bell / for Tillie Bell / Waynesboro / Pa," Stamped "JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO'," 1874

$36,000

Very Rare WM. W. BURCHNELL / LONDON (William Burchnell, London, Madison County, Ohio Redware Jar

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: OHIO REDWARE

$33,600

Alamance County, NC Redware Pitcher by the Loy / Albright Families

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NC PITCHER

$31,200

Miles Mill, Edgefield District, SC, Face Jug, c1865-75

$27,600

Dave Stoneware Jar (Enslaved African-American Potter David Drake), Inscribed "Lm / Feb 2. 1852"

$26,400

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Cornucopia Crock

$25,200

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Reclining Deer Scene

$24,000

Ernest Galloway, Paducah, Kentucky Stoneware Face Jug

$20,400

Exceptional Anna Pottery Salt-Glazed Stoneware Pig Flask, Signed "By Anna Pottery / 1882," Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL

$20,400

Very Rare J. &. E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Four-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Double-Pheasant Decoration

$20,400

Ohio Figural-Decorated Stoneware Crock Referencing Horatio Seymour's 1868 loss to Ulysses S. Grant: "I am going up Salt River!"

$19,200

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1801-1829

$19,200

Anna Pottery Stoneware Horace Greely Pig Flask, 1872

$18,000

J. HAMILTON / BEAVER, Pennsylvania Stoneware Water Cooler

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, BEAVER, PA STONEWARE

$18,000

"Walter / 1892" Stoneware Bank w/ Bird Finial by Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA

$16,800

Anna Pottery Shoo Fly Flask

$15,600

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Bird and Grapes Motif

$14,400

James Long or John Becham, Crawford County, GA Large Stoneware Jar

$14,400

D.P. SHENFELDER / READING, PA Redware Pig Bottle

$13,200

B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA, circa 1850) Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Exuberant Slip-Trailed Cobalt Floral and Chainlink Decoration

$12,000

T. DOWNING / PICKLED OYSTERS / NO*5 BROAD ST / NEW YORK, Made for African-American Oysterman, Thomas Downing

World Auction Record, American Stoneware Oyster Jar

$12,000

THOMAS,M,JACKSON / 47,HOWARD,ST / NEW YORK Stoneware Oyster Jar, Made for African-American Oysterman, Thomas M. Jackson

World Auction Record, American Stoneware Oyster Jar

$12,000

Exceptional Copper-and-Manganese-Glazed Redware Jug, Maine origin

$12,000

Four-Gallon Baltimore Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Sailing Ship and Flag Motifs

$11,400

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Stoneware Pitcher with Bird, Floral and Potted Plant Motifs, circa 1875

$11,400

Twelve-Gallon "Moore Co. / NC" Cooler, "J.D. & T.W. CRAVEN," Jacob Dorris Craven and Thomas Wesley Craven, c1856-1858

$10,800

M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration

$10,800

J.S. NASH (Jefferson S. Nash Pottery, Marion County, TX) Three-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$10,800

Moravian Redware Bowl with Three-Color Glaze, NC origin, Salem, Bethabara, or Mt. Shepherd Potteries, late 18th or early 19th century

$10,800

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Six-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Profuse Cobalt Flowering Urn Motif

$10,800

James H. Miller, Brandenburg, KY, Stoneware Bird Pan

$10,800

Anna Pottery Thomas Nast Pig Bottle

$10,200

J. NORTON & CO. / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Deer Crock

$10,200

WHITE & WOOD / BINGHAMTON, N.Y. Stoneware Churn

$10,200

Ohio Stoneware Flask in Support of Ulysses S. Grant for President, 1868

$10,200

HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Bird Jar by John Young, circa 1856-1858

$9,600

Utica, NY Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Bird Scene

$9,600

J. HAMILTON (Greensboro, PA) Day & Ross Crock

$9,600

Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Incised Floral Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, probably Crolius Family, circa 1790

$9,600

M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Stoneware Jar with Large Cobalt Bird-in-Wreath Decoration

$9,000

Very Rare Tintype Portrait of an African-American Man Holding a Stoneware Jug, American, circa 1865

$8,400

Anna Pottery Pig Bottle: Manning & Co. / Crockery & Glass Ware / St. Louis

$8,400

M & T MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Floral Design

$8,400

David Greenland Thompson, Morgantown, WV Stoneware Hanging Flowerpot w/ Molded Pine Cones

$8,400

Henne Family, Bern Township, Berks County, PA Redware Pig Flask

$8,400

Remmey (Philadelphia) Stoneware Double Face Harvest Jug

$8,400

Ohio River Valley Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt and Iron Federal Eagle Decoration, Dated 1820

$7,800

Ten-Gallon Baltimore Stoneware Jar w/ Wheelbarrow Decoration

$7,800

WM. E. WARNER. / WEST-TROY, NY Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Eagle Decoration

$7,800

Fine George Ohr Pottery Vase, Stamped "G.E. OHR / Biloxi, Miss."

$7,200

Three-Gallon Stoneware Beer Cooler with Profuse Cobalt Flowering Urn Decoration, Mid-Atlantic or Ohio River Valley origin, circa 1830

$7,200

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Man-in-the-Moon Decoration

$7,200

H.R. MARSHALL Stoneware Jar (Hugh Robbins Marshall, Baltimore, MD, circa 1822)

$6,600

Attrib. William Leet Hamilton (Greensboro, PA) Stoneware Jar

$6,600

I. BELL (John Bell, Waynesboro, PA) Lidded Redware Jar

$6,600

M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Man's Profile Decoration

$6,600

New England Slip-Decorated Redware Bottle, probably Charlestown, MA, 18th century

$6,600

"TiLLy" Stoneware Jar, James or William "Leet" Hamilton, Greensboro, PA

$6,600

"Lm" Stoneware Jug by Enslaved African-American Potter Dave, Made at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, SC

$6,600

EDMANDS & CO (Charlestown, Massachusetts) Stoneware Deer Crock

$6,600

JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO Stoneware Jar Made by Bell's son, Victor Conrad Bell, for his Wife, Annie

$6,000

Shinnston, West Virginia Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Decoration

$6,000

J. WELLS / NORTHAMPTON, MA Incised Bird Jug attrib. Thomas Crafts & Co., Whately

$6,000

Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask with Glass Eyes and Political Inscription

$6,000

P.H. Smith, Akron, Ohio Stoneware Crock w/ Mermaid Decoration

$6,000

EXCELSIOR WORKS / Isaac Hewitt, Jr. / RICES LANDING, PA Four-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug

$6,000

Oversized Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, Illinois

$6,000

Salesman's Sample Grave Marker, att. Decker Pottery, Chucky Valley, TN

$6,000

JOHN BELL (Waynesboro, PA) Redware Vase with Vibrant Copper Glaze

$5,700

"OLD & STRONG" Stoneware Jar by BROWN BROTHERS / HUNTINGTON / Long Island

$5,700

Five-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Incised "Lm," attributed to Dave at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1855

$5,700

Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar attrib. Thomas Chandler at the Trapp & Chandler Pottery, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1848-1850

$5,700

J.S. TAFT & CO., / KEENE, N.H. Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Bird-in-Wreath Decoration

$5,700

H. & G. NASH / UTICA Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Profile of a Man Smoking a Pipe

$5,400

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Water Cooler

$5,400

Lanier Meaders Devil Jug (Cleveland, GA, circa 1970)

$5,400

Large-Sized George Ohr Pottery Vase, Stamped "G. E. OHR / Biloxi, Miss.," late 19th century

$5,400

CLARK & FOX / ATHENS, NY "Spirits of Turpentine" Dispenser Made for Ethan Fox's Brother-in-Law

$5,100

Tennessee Redware Honey Jar

$5,100

Midwestern Stoneware Pig Bottle Incised "Florence / 1889"

$5,100

Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, Northeastern U.S. or Ohio origin, circa 1830-1860

$5,100

Bray Brothers Stoneware Temperance Jug (Simeon, Wallace, or William Bray, IN, IL, or KY, c1880's

$5,100

Uniontown, Pennsylvania Stoneware People Crock

$5,100

WILLSON'S & YOUNG. / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Jar

$4,800

D. GOODALE / HARTFORD, CT Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Eagle

$4,800

FORT EDWARD STONEWARE CO. / FORT EDWARD, N.Y. Stoneware Ghost Scene Jug

$4,800

18th Century Manhattan Stoneware Sugar Bowl

$4,800

H. REMMEY / BALTIMORE Stoneware Pitcher

$4,800

Morgantown, WV Stoneware People Jug, Thompson Pottery, circa 1860

$4,800

Lanier Meaders Double Face Jug (Cleveland, GA, circa 1970)

$4,800

WM A MACQUOID & CO. / POTTERY WORKS / LITTLE 12TH ST / NEW YORK Stoneware Crock w/ Elaborate Cobalt Woman Feeding Chickens Scene

$4,800

Berks County, PA Redware Figure of a Tiger

$4,800

Conjoined Pair of Lanier Meaders Face Jugs

$4,800

Ohio Stoneware Triple-Handled Stoneware Harvest Jug

$4,500

Eastern Pennsylvania Redware Jar w/ Lid and Ornamental Handles

$4,500

Attrib. Pfaltzgraff, York, PA Stoneware Heart Jug

$4,500

Samuel Butter / CLARKSBURG / Va. Redware Jug

$4,500

N. CLARK & CO. / LYONS Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Decoration of a Man's Profile

$4,500

Large-Sized Redware Sugar Bowl, probably Berks County, PA

$4,500

CHANDLER / MAKer (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC) Stoneware Jar

$4,200

Galena, Illinois, Redware Jug

$4,200

MOORE, NICHOLS & CO. / WILLIAMSPORT, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Decoration

$4,200

B.C. MILBURN / ALEXANDRIA, D.C. Stoneware Jar

$4,200

1846 Stoneware Jar by James Pinckney Shepherd, Rock Mills, Randolph County, Alabama

$4,200

Anna Pottery Stoneware "Railroad Guide" Pig Flask

$4,200

"From / James Hamilton & Co / Greensboro, Pa" Pedestal-Based Water Cooler

$4,200

T.W. CRAVEN (Thomas Wesley Craven, 1829-1858) Stoneware Jar w/ 1854 and Impressed Federal Eagle, Randolph or Moore County, NC

$4,200

Beaver, Pennsylvania Stoneware Harvest Jug

$4,200

"Lm" Stoneware Jug by Dave at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC

$4,200

J,H, McCONNELL. / ALLIANCE. O. / Oct 22 1895 Harvest Jug

$4,200

Westfield, Massachusetts Stoneware Advertising Jug

$4,200

JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO Large-Sized Green-Glazed Redware Flowerpot

$4,080

O. Henry Pottery (Evan Javan Brown, Sr., Valdese, NC) Stoneware Face Jug

$4,080

FORT EDWARD / POTTERY CO. Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Man's Profile

$3,900

NEW-HAVEN, CT (Absalom Stedman or Stedman & Seymour) Miniature Stoneware Gemel

$3,900

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Grapes Jar

$3,900

JOHN YOUNG & CO / HARRISBURG PA Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug

$3,900

Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask, Incised "Pure Big Spring Whiskey"

$3,900

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Grape and Foliate Spray Decoration

$3,900

Lucius Jordan, Washington County, GA, Stoneware Jar, circa 1865

$3,900

Fine Anna Pottery "John Gaubatz" Stoneware Pig Flask

$3,900

"look this way for henry clay" Redware Jug attributed to David Parr, Jr., Baltimore, MD, circa 1844

$3,900

"T J S" (Thomas J. Suttle, Perryopolis, PA) Stoneware Jar

$3,900

J.J. HART, / OGDENSBURG, NY Stoneware Anchor

$3,600

Shenandoah Valley Multi-Glazed Redware Pitcher and Bowl Set

$3,600

Redware Jar w/ Copper Slip Decoration, attributed to Nathaniel Seymour, West Hartford, CT

$3,600

Outstanding Stoneware Vase with Profuse Cobalt Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin

$3,600

Lanier Meaders Double Face Jug

$3,600

JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA Twenty-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Cobalt Eagle Decoration

$3,600

C.W. BRAUN / BUFFALO. N.Y. Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Horse and Jockey Decoration

$3,600

MR. Wm-E. BUSAN / PRiVATE" Temperance Jug, att. Boonville, Missouri

$3,600

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT Stoneware Deer Crock

$3,480

"AH / 1818" Stoneware Presentation Jug, William Nichols at the Nathan Clark Pottery, Athens, NY

$3,480

Open-Handled Redware Jar with Incised Sine Wave Decoration, possibly Southwestern VA, early to mid 19th century

$3,480

BROWN POTTERY Face Jug w/ Rutile in the Glaze

$3,480

New Jersey Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Letter "K," possibly Kemple Pottery, Ringoes

$3,360

Rare Myrick & Murt / Petersburg, VA Advertising Jug attributed to Thomas Amoss, Henrico County, VA, c1820

$3,360

Stephen H. Ward. / West Brownsville, Pa Stoneware Canning Jar

$3,360

Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, GA Face Jug (circa late 1960's-1970)

$3,360

W.A. LYNN, Thurmont, Maryland, Redware Flowerpot

$3,360

Elaborate Midwestern Stoneware Spaniel Inscribed "J.C. Rivers"

$3,240

James Hamilton, Greensboro, PA Twelve-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Applied Rose Motif

$3,240

J.A. FRANZ & SON / STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES / POMEROY, OH 16-Gallon Crock

$3,120

Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Impressed Fish and Two-Color-Slip Decoration, attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Boston, MA, late 18th century

$3,120

Fine Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Kaolin Slip Decoration, attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850

$3,120

"H.R. Marshall / Maker / Baltimore / 1822" Stoneware Jar

$3,120

Dougherty County, Georgia, Stoneware Jar

$3,000

C. HART & SON / SHERBURNE Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Deer Scene

$3,000

Very Early Baltimore Iron-Dipped Stoneware Pitcher

$3,000

"W T G" (William T. Good at the F.H. Cowden Pottery, Harrisburg, PA) Stoneware Spaniel

$3,000

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Bird-in-Wreath Decoration