Extremely Rare Stoneware Owl Pitcher attrib. Jacob Bachley, Texarkana Pottery, Texarkana, Arkansas, c1880

Fall 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 179

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Extremely Rare Stoneware Owl Pitcher with Two-Color Slip Decoration, attributed to Jacob Bachley, Texarkana Pottery, Texarkana, AR, circa 1880, molded in the form of a seated owl with branch-form handle including a morning glory thumb rest, decorated throughout with mottled-brown, Albany-type slip over distinctive off-white clay. Cobalt highlights to thumb rest and eyes. Heavy salt glaze to exterior surface. Solid brown slip coating to interior. Like the Kirkpatrick/Bachley molded frog pitchers, this form was copied from a piece of majolica. This pitcher is only the second example of its kind that we have seen. The other, produced from the same mold, but with different glazing, was sold in Crocker Farm, Inc.'s March 14, 2015 auction, lot 347, at the time attributed to Anna Pottery, a major influencer of Bachley's work. Excellent condition with a minor spout nick. H 9 7/8".



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