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Early Rookwood pitcher a standout at Nadeau’s Auction June 3

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
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1882 Rookwood pottery ‘Swallow and Crane’ pitcher by Albert Valentien. 6 1/2in high. Estimate: $200-$400. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

WINDSOR, Conn. – An early Rookwood pottery pitcher is one of more than 400 lots to be sold in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s estates sale June 3. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

Roodwood artist Albert Valentien decorated the pitcher (above) with a crane standing in a marsh on one side and a similar scene with swallows in flight on the reverse. Dated 1882, the pitcher was made only two years after Maria Longworth Nichols Storer founded the renowned legendary pottery in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 6 1/2-inch-tall pitcher has a $200-$400 estimate.

Several works from the massive Americana collection of banking giant Credit Suisse, which Nadeau’s Auction Gallery has been dispersing, will be offered in the auction. One is a large oil on canvas painting of an American sailing ship. It is signed “D. Taylor” and was done in 1969.

 

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D. Tayler (1968), oil on canvas, American sailing ship, signed lower right, 24in x 36in. Estimate: $500-$1,000. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

Also from the Credit Suisse Americana collection is a large framed print titled Scarlet Ibis, after John James Audubon.

 

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After John James Audubon, after Havell, colored print, ‘Scarlet Ibis,’ elephant folio size, sight size 24 1/2in x 31 1/2in. Estimate: $200-$400. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

Smalls include a Tiffany & Co. pocket watch in a sterling silver case.

 

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Tiffany sterling silver pocket watch. 1 3/4in diameter. Estimate: $100-$200. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery image

 

The auction will begin Saturday, June 3, at 10 a.m. Eastern.

 

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