Recent Auction Highlights

The Anna Pottery Liberty Monument, 1873

$600,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: ANNA POTTERY

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

$480,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: NEW YORK POTTERY

Important David Drake Jug Inscribed "Lm says this handle will crack," Signed and Dated "Dave / June 28. 1854"

$420,000

"New York / September 15th 1806" Stoneware Presentation Pitcher w/ Incised Federal Eagle for "JOHN, L, WESSELL," Crolius Family

$264,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: NEW YORK CITY STONEWARE

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

$252,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NEW JERSEY STONEWARE

1791-1792 New York City Stoneware Jug w/ Detailed Incised Sailing Ship, probably Crolius Family

$240,000

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

$216,000

Loudoun County, Virginia, Stoneware Ring Flask w/ Incised Federal Eagle Decoration and Patriotic Inscriptions, Inscribed "George Duncan 1827" and "Enoch Dove"

$204,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, VIRGINIA STONEWARE

Boston Stoneware Jar for "Mrs. Elesebeth Tarbell 1806"

$180,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: MASSACHUSETTS STONEWARE

WM. MOYER / HARRISBURG PA Pedestal Water Cooler

$144,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: PENNSYLVANIA STONEWARE

Stoneware Face Jug, Edgefield District, South Carolina, c1855-1880

$144,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: AMERICAN FACE JUG

Christian Klinker, Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA Redware Jar, circa 1773-1798

$132,000

Stoneware Jar by the Enslaved Potter, Harry, Pottersville Stoneware Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1839-1843

$120,000

Anna Pottery / January 15, 1885 Grover Cleveland Pitcher

$120,000

WEST TROY / POTTERY (New York) Twenty-Gallon Stoneware Barrel w/ Extravagant Cobalt Town Scene

$120,000

Thomas W. Commeraw Early Period Stoneware Jar (COERLEARS HOOK / N. YORK) Illustrated on Cover of Zipp, Commeraw's Stoneware

$120,000

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

$96,000

Very Elaborate COMMERAW'S STONEWARE / CORLEARS HOOK / N. YORK Stoneware Jug

$96,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: THOMAS COMMERAW STONEWARE

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Crock w/ Extravagant Cobalt Deer Scene

$96,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: VERMONT STONEWARE, NORTON FAMILY STONEWARE

"Morgan & Amoss / Makers / Baltimore / 1820" (William Morgan and Thomas Amoss) Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Birds

$84,000

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

$78,000

Absalom Bixler, Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA "READY FOR A CATCH" Redware Flowerpot

$78,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: AMERICAN FLOWERPOT

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

$72,000

N. CLARK & CO. / ROCHESTER N.Y Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn w/ "Phoenix Bird" Decoration

$72,000

Crolius Family, Manhattan / New York City Stoneware Flask w/ Incised and Punched Decoration, 18th century

$72,000

N. CLARK & Co / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Jar w/ Cobalt Deer Scene

$72,000

August 5, 1851 Jar by Dave / David Drake, Enslaved Potter of Edgefield District, SC (Made at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory)

$66,000

Stoneware Face Jug, Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, c1855-1865

$60,000

A.O. WHITTEMORE / HAVANA, N.Y. Stoneware Fish Crock

$60,000

Muskingum County, Ohio, AFRICA Jug w/ Snake, Bird and Bust Motifs

$60,000

"Remember him that is in bonds" Philadelphia Redware Anti-Slavery Charger

$57,000

Henry Remmey, Sr., Baltimore, MD Stoneware Pitcher w/ Profuse Incised Birds Scene

$57,000

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Standing Deer Scene

$54,000

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Triple Man-in-the-Moon Batter Pail

$54,000

Norton Stoneware Lion Jar, Impressed "GILES' & CO' ... VARIETY STORE CHERRY VALLEY"

$51,000

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

$48,000

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

$48,000

"June 13, 1855 / Dave / Lm" Stoneware Jug, David Drake at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, 1855

$48,000

Monumental YOUNG BROs. & MARIS Co. / WHOLESALE JOBBERS / of / AKRON STONEWARE Jug

$48,000

Figure of a Reclining Stag, Ohio or Western PA origin

$45,000

Moravian Redware Turtle Bottle w/ Copper Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

$45,000

Monumental Stoneware Urn attrib. New York Stoneware Co., Fort Edward, NY, circa 1875

$42,000

Anna Pottery Salt-Glazed Stoneware Snake Jug w/ Detailed Rendering of the Pottery Building

$42,000

Rock Mills, Alabama, Figural Stoneware Masterwork

$42,000

Anna Pottery Salt-Glazed Stoneware Temperance Jug w/ Original Painted Surface

$42,000

David Drake Stoneware Jug Inscribed "Lm / March 31, 1852 / Dave"

$42,000

Edgefield District, South Carolina, Stoneware Face Jug, c1845-65

$42,000

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

$39,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: ALEXANDRIA STONEWARE

Crolius Family, New York City, Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Bird and Foliate Motifs, circa 1800

$39,000

Shenandoah Valley Redware Dish attributed to Peter Bell, Hagerstown, Maryland: "JC / his Dish / 1808"

$39,000

Philadelphia Redware Plate w/ Elaborate Yellow and Copper Slip Decoration, late 18th / early 19th century

$39,000

18th Century Philadelphia, PA Redware Plate w/ Yellow and Copper Slip Decoration

$39,000

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

$36,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: OHIO REDWARE

BOONVILLE, Missouri Stoneware Eagle Jar, 1832

$36,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: MISSOURI STONEWARE

James Madison Bussel, Washington County, GA, 1872 Presentation Pitcher for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

$36,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: GEORGIA STONEWARE

“C. Rhodes Maker” (Collin Rhodes Pottery, Shaw’s Creek, Edgefield District, South Carolina) Double-Handled Stoneware Jug

$36,000

Redware Dish attributed to Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1825-1840

$34,800

Anna Pottery Pig Bottle w/ Incised Steamboat: "Grayville and New Harmony Packet / Capt Vandergrift, Master / makes regular trips on time in a hogs- / 1880"

$34,800

HARRISBURG, PA (John Young, circa 1856-1858) Stoneware Jug w/ Slip-Trailed Rooster Design

$34,800

Absalom Bixler, Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA, Redware Flowerpot

$34,800

Pennsylvania Redware Tea Canister with Elaborate Two-Color Slip Decoration

$34,800

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

$33,600

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NC PITCHER

Large-Sized Alabama Stoneware Face Jug

$33,600

Maysville, Kentucky Stoneware Pitcher by Isaac Thomas and Joseph Mendell, 1835

$33,600

Anna Pottery Stoneware Cider Cooler ("Granger / Cider / Press / 1776") Signed and Dated "Kirkpatrick / Anna, Ill / 1877"

$33,600

Rochester, New York, Stoneware Lion Cooler

$32,400

Five-Gallon NY State Stoneware Jug w/ Large Cobalt Feeding Squirrel Decoration

$32,400

Double-Handled Stoneware Presentation Jug for Michigan Merchant, probably Akron

$32,400

Samuel Holmes, Georgetown / D.C. Stoneware Pitcher

$32,400

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STONEWARE

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

$31,200

Fifty-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Beverage Cooler w/ Cobalt Decoration of George Washington, Signed "A.F.G.," probably Ohio

$31,200

HUBBELL & CHESEBRO, / GEDDES, N.Y. Peacock Churn

$31,200

Copper-Glazed Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, Salem, NC origin, 1801-1829

$31,200

J. SHEPARD, JR. / GEDDES. N.Y. Stoneware American Flag Crock, circa 1858-1859

$30,000

"C. Rhodes / Maker," Collin Rhodes Pottery, Edgefield District, SC, Stoneware Double-Handled Jug

$30,000

T. CRAFTS & CO. / NASHUA, New Hampshire SLOOP ORANGE Face Pitcher, Martin Crafts, circa 1840

$30,000

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

$30,000

Small-Sized Moravian Redware Fish Bottle w/ Copper Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

$30,000

Attrib. Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, Puzzle Mug

$28,800

T. HARRINGTON (Lyons, New York) Stoneware Churn w/ Bird-on-Flower Decoration

$28,800

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, North Carolina, origin

$28,800

S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG, Virginia Copper-Glazed Redware Figure of a Spaniel

$28,800

JUMBO Stoneware Crock Depicting Jumbo the Elephant, Somerset Potters Works, Massachusetts

$28,800

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

$27,600

Redware Face Jug, possibly New Jersey origin, October 5, 1844

$27,600

One-Quart Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug w/ Kaolin Slip Decoration, attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC

$27,600

Five-Gallon Double-Handled Jug w/ Two-Color Slip Floral Decoration, attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC

$27,600

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Churn w/ Cobalt Songbird on Flower Decoration

$27,600

Large-Sized Anna Pottery Frog-on-Face Inkwell: "Reform 1876 / 1884 Reform / Same Old KroAker / Wind / By Anna Pottery"

$27,600

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Cornucopia Crock

$26,400

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Batter Pail w/ Bird and Grapes

$26,400

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

$25,200

Morgantown, WV Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Indian Chief and Woman Decoration, Thompson Family

$25,200

Ernest Galloway, Paducah, Kentucky Stoneware Face Jug

$24,000

Five-Gallon COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG Stoneware Cooler w/ Large Cobalt Grapes Decoration

$24,000

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Standing Deer Jug w/ Cherry Valley, NY Advertising

$24,000

Attrib. Heinrich Schaffner, Salem, North Carolina Redware Flowerpot

$24,000

New England Redware Jar w/ Profuse Three-Color Slip Decoration, probably Norwalk, CT

$24,000

BOSTON (Jonathan Fenton, late 18th century) Stoneware Jar w/ Birds-in-Tree Motif

$24,000

Redware Preacher and Bear Figural Group, John H. Parker Pottery, Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA

$22,800

Folk Art Stoneware Jug attrib. William Capron, Albany, NY, circa 1800-1805

$21,600

D. MORGAN / N. YORK (David Morgan, Corlears Hook, Manhattan, NY) Stoneware Jar

$21,600

New Jersey Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Ship Decoration

$21,600

"Washington & Lafayette," Norwalk, CT Redware Loaf Dish

$21,600

J. YOUNG & CO. / HARRISBURG, PA Pedestal Water Cooler

$21,600

J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Double Pheasant Crock

$21,600

EVAN R. JONES / PITTSTON, PA Stoneware Man-in-the-Moon Batter Pail

$21,600

Oversized Stoneware Storefront Cooler w/ Toledo, Ohio Advertising

$21,600

T.H. WILLSON & CO. / HARRISBURG, PA Slip-Trailed Stoneware Jar

$21,600

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!"

$20,400

Small-Sized Redware Dish with Two-Color Slip Decoration, PA origin, probably Berks County, Pennsylvania

$20,400

"Solomon / Loy / Refined / Stone Ware / 1855" Stoneware Jar (Alamance County, NC)

$20,400

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Jar w/ Swan-in-Wreath Decoration

$20,400

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

$19,200

Anna Pottery Stoneware Horace Greely Pig Flask, 1872

$19,200

Attrib. Cheever Meaders, Cleveland, GA, Face Jug second quarter 20th century

$19,200

JOHN BELL (Waynesboro, PA) Pair of Redware Spaniel Figures in Original Paint

$19,200

DAVID MORGAN / NEW YORK Stoneware Jar with Impressed Drape-and-Heart Motif

$19,200

Multi-Glazed Redware Jug attrib. J. Eberly & Co. or S. Bell & Sons, Strasburg, VA

$19,200

WHITE'S UTICA Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Peacock Decoration

$19,200

COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Cornucopia Jug

$19,200

BAMA-CITY, Fairhope or Montrose, Alabama Stoneware Jug

$19,200

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER N.Y. Stoneware Rooster Crock

$19,200

EDWARD WEBSTER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Stoneware Jug, c1824-38

$19,200

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN Copper-Decorated Redware Bowl

$19,200

"A.V. Boughner, / Greensboro, Pa" Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar w/ Thistle Decoration

$19,200

J. HAMILTON / BEAVER, Pennsylvania Stoneware Water Cooler

$18,000

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, BEAVER, PA STONEWARE

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

$18,000

Redware “John Adams,” Norwalk, CT origin, circa 1796–1826

$18,000

Attrib. Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, Stoneware Chicken Waterer

$18,000

Henry Harrison Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, 1856 Incised Stoneware Pitcher

$18,000

Redware Loaf Dish w/ Three-Color Slip Decoration, Norwalk, CT, possibly Hoyt Pottery

$18,000

J. REMMEY / MANHATTAN-WELLS / NEW-YORK Stoneware Wine Jug for James Votey, 1806

$18,000

CHANDLER / MAKER (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC) Twelve-Gallon Stoneware Jar

$18,000

E & L P NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Chicken Jar

$18,000

Seven-Gallon Baltimore Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Profuse Decoration

$18,000

B.C. MILBURN, Alexandria, VA Stoneware Cake Crock Inscribed "Washington C. Milburn"

$18,000

Attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC, Small-Sized Jug w/ Elaborate Kaolin Slip

$18,000

PENN YAN, New York Stoneware Jug w/ Seneca Indian Decoration

$18,000

J.B. LEATHERS / MT. EAGLE, PA Stoneware Batter Pail

$18,000