Exceptional Stoneware Pitcher Inscribed "Wilkinson & Fleming / Shinnston / WV"

Summer 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 157

Price Realized: $6,600.00

($5,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Exceptional One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitcher, Inscribed "Wilkinson & Fleming / Shinnston / WV," circa 1875, ovoid pitcher with tall, flaring collar and semi-squared rim, featuring the large freehand signature, "Wilkinson & Fleming / Shinnston / WV." Elaborate stripe decoration to collar and spout. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Featuring a prized form and extremely rare freehand signature, this work ranks among the finer examples of Shinnston stoneware known. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a shallow in-the-firing base chip. H 10 1/8".