Rochester Stoneware Auction Highlights

$108,000

F. STETZENMEYER & Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Deer Crock

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: ROCHESTER STONEWARE

11-10-2023

$90,000

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock w/ Cobalt Rooster Scene

04-10-2026

$72,000

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

11-18-2022

$72,000

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

03-31-2023

$57,000

F. STETZENMEYER. & Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Fox Jug

11-10-2023

$48,000

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

12-04-2020

$47,200

HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Parrot Crock

07-22-2017

$44,250

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Lion Churn

07-21-2018

$36,000

F. STETZENMEYER. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Six-Gallon Stoneware Lion Crock

11-15-2024

$33,350

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Water Cooler

03-02-2013

$32,400

Rochester, New York, Stoneware Lion Cooler

04-09-2021

$31,900

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Lion Churn

05-21-2005

$28,800

F. STETZENMEYER. & Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Rooster Jug

07-26-2024

$27,600

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

08-05-2022

$26,400

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Bird Churn

05-21-2005

$26,400

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Cornucopia Crock

12-04-2020

$22,420

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Water Cooler

03-25-2017

$21,850

Exceedingly Rare Six-Gallon F. STETZENMEYER / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Cream Jar w/ Cobalt Standing Lion Decoration

10-17-2015

$21,600

HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock w/ Elaborate Cobalt Game Bird Scene

11-14-2025

$19,550

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Peacock Churn

03-03-2012

$19,200

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

03-31-2023

$18,400

F. STETZENMEYER. / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Crock

03-14-2015

$18,000

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Churn w/ Cobalt Cat Decoration

04-11-2025

$16,100

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Water Cooler

07-16-2016

$16,100

F. STETZENMEYER & / G. GOETZMAN / ROCHESTER. NY Stoneware Water Cooler

07-16-2016

$12,000

F. STETZENMEYER. / ROCHESTER. N.Y. Stoneware Rabbit Crock

03-31-2023

$10,200

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Deer Churn

04-05-2024

$9,440

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Leaping Deer Decoration

07-21-2018

$9,000

F. STETZENMEYER. &. CO. / ROCHESTER. N.Y. Stoneware Jug

08-06-2021

$9,000

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Churn w/ Leaping Deer

03-31-2023

$8,800

J. BURGER JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Churn w/ Turkey

11-04-2006

$8,625

J. BURGER. JR. / ROCHESTER. N.Y. Stoneware Lion Churn

10-22-2016

$8,050

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

07-21-2012

$7,475

HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Churn

10-25-2014

$6,900

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Rooster Crock

07-16-2016

$6,000

F. STETZENMEYER & CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Crock w/ Lioness Decoration

08-06-2021

$6,000

F. STETZENMEYER & / G. GOETZMAN / ROHCESTER.(sic) NY Stoneware Crock w/ Elaborate Floral Decoration

04-08-2022

$6,000

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Churn w/ Elaborate Floral Decoration

04-08-2022

$5,750

Six-Gallon F. STETZENMEYER & G. GOETZMAN / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Crock

07-20-2013

$5,700

F. STETZENMEYER / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration

07-31-2026

$5,605

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Lion Churn

03-23-2019

$5,400

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Water Cooler

08-21-2020

$5,400

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Five-Gallon Stoneware Lion Churn

11-18-2022

$5,400

CLARK & Co. / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Jar

07-31-2026

$5,175

J. BURGER JR. / ROCHESTER, NY Five-Gallon Lion Crock

10-17-2015

$4,485

J. BURGER JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Deer Churn

07-19-2008

$4,200

F. STETZENMEYER / ROCHESTER. N.Y. Stoneware Jug w/ Floral Decoration

03-31-2023

$3,900

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Six-Gallon Stoneware Leaping Deer Churn

11-15-2024

$3,600

HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Parrot Crock

03-31-2023

$3,600

F. STETZENMEYER / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Jug

03-31-2023

$3,600

HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Jug

08-04-2023

$3,335

J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Deer Churn

10-31-2009

$3,240

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER, New York Stoneware Crock w/ Bird on Flower

04-08-2022

$3,190

F. STETZENMEYER & / G. GOETZMAN / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stoneware Crock

11-05-2005

$3,186

F. STETZENMEYER. / ROCHESTER. N.Y. Stoneware Jug

07-20-2019

$3,105

N. CLARK & CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Floral Jug

11-02-2013

$3,105

JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Churn w/ Elaborate Floral Design

10-25-2014

$3,000

F. STETZENMEYER & CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug w/ Cat and Tree Decoration

11-15-2024

Alongside the Norton family of Bennington, Vermont, the stoneware potters of Rochester, New York--including John Burger, Sr. and Jr., Nathan Clark, Frederick Stetzenmeyer and Thompson Harrington--represent a high-water mark of the mid-nineteenth century northeastern stoneware craft.