Selected preview photos from our upcoming Crocker Farm: America 250 auction, which begins July 22. The full auction features hundreds of lots of American pottery.
The Patriot Jar: Civil War Era Stoneware Jar, Folk Art Masterwork
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Michael Stoneback, Haycock Township, Bucks County, PA Redware Sgraffito Plate, 1794
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Mumbauer Pottery, Haycock Township, Bucks County, PA 1801 Sgraffito Redware Plate
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Philadelphia Redware Load Dish, 18th century
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Nicholas Van Wickle, Monmouth County, NJ Stoneware Cooler w/ Eagle and Bird Motifs
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T. HARRINGTON / LYONS, NY Stoneware Cornucopia Churn
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"J. Robinson / Middlebury / Summit Co / Ohio" Double-Handled Stoneware Eagle Jug
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Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC 1853 Federal Eagle Jug
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W A MACQUOID / NEW-YORK / LITTLE WEST 12TH ST "Union For Ever!" Eagle Crock
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James Hamilton & Co. / Greensboro, Pa. "Eagle Pottery" Stoneware Jar
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Lion Pottery / A. CONRAD / NEW GENEVA / FAYETTE CO., PA Ten-Gallon Eagle Crock
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Old Bridge, New Jersey Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Federal Eagle, c1810
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Rare and Fine Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Federal Eagle Decoration, attributed to Daniel Goodale, Hartford, CT, circa 1825-1830. Provenance: Crocker Farm, Inc., August 6, 2021, lot 269. H 17 3/4".
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Rare Redware Plate with Yellow-Slip Flag Motif, PA origin, circa 1850-1885. Diam. 11 1/2".
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Aaron Radley, Philadelphia, PA Stoneware Liberty Bell Mug
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Very Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Independence Date, "1776," Stamped "ASHFIELD, MASS," Hastings & Belding, Ashfield, MA, mid 19th century. H 15 1/2".
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"J.Q. Adams / Wm. A. Gay" Stoneware Jar, Utica, NY, c1828
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COMMERAWS / STONEWARE / CORLEARS / HOOK / N. YORK Jug
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NEW-HAVEN, CT Miniature Gemel by Absalom Stedman or Stedman & Seymour
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New York City Stoneware Vertical-Handled Jar w/ Incised Birds, 18th century
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C. CROLIUS / MANUFACTURER / MANHATTAN-WELLS / NEW-YORK Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed and Incised Decoration
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Clarkson Crolius's Personal Set of WINTERBOTHAM'S HISTORY OF AMERICA, 1796, each of the four volumes inscribed with his name. From the personal library of Manhattan's most famous potter (and the most famous American stoneware potter of his day), this group of books offers insights into the influences on Crolius's life as a patriot, artisan, and businessman.
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J. REMMEY / MANHATTAN-WELLS / NEW YORK Stoneware Pitcher
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1794 NJ or NY Stoneware Jar w/ Cobalt Fish Motif
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LIBERTY FOREVER / S AMBOY N JERSEY Stoneware Jar
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MARTIN CRAFTS / BOSTON Stoneware Jar w/ Slip-Trailed Bird and Floral Motif
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TILDON EASTON, Alexandria, VA Stoneware Milk Pan, 1841-43
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R. BUTT / Monty Co. / MD (Montgomery County, Maryland) Stoneware Jar
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H.C. SMITH / ALEXA / D.C. Stoneware Water Cooler
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Folk Art Figural. Extremely Rare Glazed Redware Figure of a Seated Schoolmaster, attributed to the Henry Fare Pottery, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, PA, circa 1861-1888. This masterwork is distinguished by its outstanding sculptural quality, unusual subject matter, and fine condition. Its profuse impressed asterisk decoration relate it to signed hollowware from the Berks County, Pennsylvania pottery of Henry Fare. Provenance: Ex-Donald Walters. H 7 1/2" ; L 4" ; W 2 5/8".
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"J. Bell / 1877 / June 2" Redware Cruet by John Bell, Sr., Waynesboro, PA
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Bucks or Berks County, PA Redware Plate w/ Three-Color Slip Decoration
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"Solomon Bell / Winchester," Virginia Redware Figure of a Whippet
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Attrib. Henry Adam, Hagerstown, MD Redware Bowl, 1805-1819
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Attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Redware Jar
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"Hamilton & Jones / Greensboro Pa." Stoneware Cherries Canning Jar
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Western Pennsylvania Stoneware Jar w/ Floral Decoration and Applied Rings
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Western Pennsylvania Stoneware Canning Jar w/Freehand Stripe Decoration
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"Wilkinson & Fleming / Shinnston / WV" Stoneware Pitcher
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Outstanding Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Freehand Cobalt "4" and Swag Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875. H 14 1/2".
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WILLIAMS & REPPERT / GREENSBORO, PA Sixteen-Gallon Eagle Crock w/ New Cumberland, WV Advertising
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"Ed G Conklin Aug 7th 1878" Stoneware Presentation Bank, Western Pennsylvania
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Attrib. James Williams, Perry County, Alabama Stoneware Jar
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Lanier Meaders Face Jug w/ Double Row of Rock Teeth
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"Anna / Ill / 1881" Anna Pottery Dung Beetle Paperweight
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Anna Pottery Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Railroad and River Guide Pig Flask
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Texarkana Pottery Stoneware Snake Flask, Jacob Bachley
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J. YOUNG & CO. / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Pitcher
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SAM'L I IRVINE / NEWVILLE, PA Stoneware Pitcher
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The Paddock Cooler: TYLER & DILLON / ALBANY, NY Water Cooler for Loveland Paddock
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J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT Crock w/ Elaborate Cobalt Stag and Doe Scene
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Folk Art Figural Motif. Exceptional Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Large and Elaborate Bird and Floral Decoration, Stamped "WM. E. WARNER / WEST TROY," New York State origin, circa 1850.
This crock's distinctive treatment of heavy spotting and vining to the body of the bird can be observed in some of the best examples of J. & E. Norton stoneware from Bennington, VT as well as works from the shop of Boston, MA potter, Martin Crafts, indicating the itinerance of a decorator, possibly New York State potter, James Reilly, traveling between New York State and New England. An important six-gallon Norton crock with elaborate slip-trailed Federal eagle motif, inscribed "USA," appears to be decorated by the same hand, as does a three-gallon Norton jug with bird on flowering vine motif, illustrated on the cover of Cesana and Leder's The Birds of Bennington and sold in Crocker Farm, Inc.'s Spring 2024 Auction, lot 86. The same can be said of the two-gallon Martin Crafts jar offered in July's auction. Imaginative and exuberant decoration and easily one of the finest bird designs known from William Warner's shop. Provenance: Crocker Farm, Inc., November 2, 2013, lot 214. H 9 7/8".
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W. HART / OGDENSBURGH, NY Five-Gallon Horse Jug
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F. STETZENMEYER / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration
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Nicholas Van Wickle, Monmouth County, NJ Miniature Incised Bird Jug
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STEDMAN & SEYMOUR / NEW-HAVEN, CT Incised House Jug
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COMMERAW'S STONEWARE Vertical-Handled Jar, Thomas W. Commeraw, Manhattan / New York City
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WEST TROY, N.Y. / POTTERY Four-Gallon Stoneware Flowerpot w/ Bird, Tree, and Fence Scene
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Attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN Redware Pitcher
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North Carolina Redware Dish w/ Manganese Slip Decoration
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Hagerstown, MD Large-Sized Redware Bowl w/ Three-Color Slip
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Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "JC," probably James Crawley, Putnam County, TN, mid 19th century. Provenance: Carole Wahler Collection. H 14".
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Possibly Unique Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Incised "Henry Benner / Baltimore," MD origin, circa 1835.
While Henry A. Benner (ca. 1808-1857) was heavily involved in the Baltimore stoneware industry for over thirty years, this jar is the only signed example of his work known. Benner's thirty-plus year career began with an apprenticeship to William H. Amoss in 1826. A brother-in-law to well-known stoneware manufacturer David Parr, Jr., little is known about the specific potteries where Benner worked after his apprenticeship other than two colorful articles from the Spring of 1840, which tie him to the Brotherton manufactory at that time. Clearly an adversarial individual, a March 16, 1840, Baltimore Sun article describes the arrest of Samuel Majors, a fellow employee of Brotherton, on the charge of incendiarism (arson). Majors, intoxicated at the time, set fire to crates at the Brotherton shop in an attempt to harm Benner, who lived in an adjoining house. Shortly after, an April 13, 1840, Baltimore Sun article describes Benner's assault and battery charge stemming from a fight with another fellow Brotherton employee, Frederick Martin. Allegedly, the fight began when Benner "had said some naughty things about Martin's daughter..." Spotty Baltimore city directories establish Benner living on the east side of Baltimore and working as a potter until his death in 1857. Since the decoration of this jar resembles motifs used at shops owned by members of the Parr family, Benner likely worked at one or more Parr shops during his long career. H 8 7/8".
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Attrib. Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, Stoneware Chicken Waterer
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January 27, 1877 Miniature Stoneware Pitcher by Swank, Johnstown, PA
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Redware Spaniel Figure attrib. S. Bell & Sons, Strasburg, VA
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"Miss Bessie mae Heath / Make by S.L. Williams" Sewer Tile Alligator
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Galena, Illinois Redware Spaniel Figure
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Galena, Illinois Slip-Decorated Redware Jar w/ Lid
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