March 23 American Stoneware & Redware Pottery 2019-03-23 Auction - 518 Price Results - Crocker Farm in MD - Page 8
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The Anna Pottery High Water Flask: Very ImportantExceedingly Rare Edgefield District, SC Stoneware FaceExcellent Ottman Bros., Fort Edward, NY Peacock Scene
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Sparks, MD, United States
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March 23 American Stoneware & Redware Pottery

Crocker Farm

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Featuring 518 lots, our first auction of 2019 presents an exciting and diverse group of ceramic objects spanning over 200 years of production--from simple 18th century stoneware vessels produced in Manhattan to the highly-expressive face jugs of Georgia folk artist, Lanier Meaders, made in the last decades of the 20th century. This sale presents a clear, unbroken history of the evolution of American utilitarian ceramics from household wares to self-aware decorative objects. One legendary work embodies this transition in a single object: The Anna Pottery High Water Flask. Made in 1884, it illustrates, in both its execution and elaborate inscriptions, the role of the potter throughout history, to create something both useful and beautiful. Also combining a utilitarian form with the imaginative sculpting of a true artist is a recently-discovered Edgefield, SC face jug, regarded as one of the greatest to ever come to auction. Foreshadowing the rise of pottery as a highly-respected art form in America, today this work is emblematic of an ever-growing interest in Southern decorative arts. From a very different place and time is the Peter Machett 1812 ring flask, which survives as a testament to the artistry of Manhattan's early stoneware makers. (Two siblings by the same hand are considered some of stoneware's most iconic: the Elizabeth Crane 1811 punch bowl owned by the American Folk Art Museum, and the Henry Edoson 1804 flask, in the Weitsman Collection at the NY State Museum.) Other highlights include two magnificent NY water coolers, one by Albany-trained master, Calvin Boynton, another by Cortland's Madison Woodruff, while a young man working in nearby Homer. A newly-discovered 1846 redware tea canister by Mercer, PA's Ezra White is the long-lost brother of an example in the Esmerian collection, and related to a pair at Colonial Williamsburg. And a Pittsburgh advertising jar by Alexander Boughner displays brushwork worthy of any folk art collection. -
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Exceptional Redware Bowl with Three-Color Slip: Exceptional Large-Sized Redware Bowl with Two-Color Slip Decoration, Pennsylvania origin, circa 1825, tapered bowl with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, with depressed
0175: Exceptional Redware Bowl with Three-Color SlipEst. $4,000-$6,000
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JOHN BELL (Waynesboro, PA) Redware Jug: Glazed Redware Jug, Stamped "JOHN BELL", Waynesboro, PA origin, circa 1840-1880, approximately one-half gallon ovoid jug, the surface covered in a clear lead glaze over a mottled yellowish ground.
0184: JOHN BELL (Waynesboro, PA) Redware JugEst. $300-$400
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Small-Sized Philadelphia, PA Redware Plate: Small-Sized Slip-Decorated Redware Plate, Philadelphia, PA origin, early to mid 19th century, with coggled edge, the interior decorated in yellow slip with two foliate motifs. Very nice condition
0188: Small-Sized Philadelphia, PA Redware PlateEst. $200-$400
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Antique Pennsylvania Redware Pitcher: Glazed Redware Pitcher, PA origin, third quarter 19th century, ovoid pitcher with footed base, tooled shoulder, and ribbed handle, decorated with heavy manganese sponging over a mottled
0189: Antique Pennsylvania Redware PitcherEst. $200-$300
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