Early 19th c. American slope shouldered jar with light green glaze and yellow-haloed brown spots the jar is 12” tall. Redware fitting this description is ofetn referred to a being characteristic of Gonic New Hampshire potteries, however pottery from Galina, Illinois has similar mottled characteristics in the glaze. I recently learned that the orange spotting occurs in each place where a bubble popped in the glaze during firing allowing the oxygen to reach the surface of the vessel. The jar is good condition with a glazed over chip on the rim that occured in the making. There is a 4" tight hairline running from the base
$575.00
REDWARE LOAF DISH
This is a wonderful and large 18th century molded redware loaf dish with lots and lots of sprig and wavy decoration. The edge is coggled. The dish measures 17" X 11 1/2". There are no hairline cracks. There are a couple of old chips to the rim as photographed.
$2100.00
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COBALT DECORATED OVOID JUG
Nice strong cobalt decoration graces this plump bellied two gallon ovoid jug. The upper portion of the jug is further decorated with incised rings. There is a chip on the bottom of the jug which probably happened with it was made. It looks like the kiln furniture may have stuck to the base of the jug.. When it was chipped away, a part of the jug went with it. The cobalt is a beautiful deep blue. This is a very pretty piece!! The height is about 14".
$350.00
E & LP NORTON CROCK WITH COBALT LOG
This skillfully decorated crock has very unusual decoration in bright blue cobalt slip. Of all things to use as a decorative motif...a large log! Certainly this is a take off on the bird on a stump motif. Giving the decoration even more impact is the fact that the crock is a large 4 gallon size, 11" tall and 12" in diameter, and the decoration takes up the entire front portion! The overall condition of this crock is very good. There are a few rim chips as photographed. There are some thght lines that do not penetrate to the inside. There is a film of watrerglass on the interior. This is a stunning and unique example of pottery by E &LP Norton of Bennington, Vermont!
$995.00
NORWALK POTTERIES
A nice clean copy of a soft cover book titled Norwalk Potteries by Andrew and Kate Barber Winton. It is illustrated in black and white. It identifies examples stoneware and redware manufactured in Norwalk, Connecticut. There is also a potters check list. The book contains 40 pages..
$85.00
19TH CENTURY OVOID REDWARE JAR
A beautifully formed ovoid jar that reminds me of the shape of jar thrown by Frederick Carpenter with its Grecian form. This jar is redware with a very soft kind of opaque pea green glaze with soft orange mottling. It is interesting that you can detect how the jug was held by the potter when the glaze was applied by the glaze misses along the base that occurred where his fingers were. I believe the jar to be of New England origin possibly Maine.or New Hampshire because of the shape and the subdued green glaze. There is an old chip at the rim. There are several small areas of glaze loss where it stuck to other pieces or to the kiln furniturein the kiln during firing. There are no hairlines just an area or two toward the top where the glaze is sort of creased. The height is about 11 3/4". This is a beautiful piece!
$1795.00
LATE 18TH CENTURY NEW JERSEY STONEWARE JAR
This is an interesting old stoneware jar dating c. 1780. The triangular fish scale decoration allows a strong attribution to William Richards or James Rhodes of South Trenton and Trenton New jersey respectively. During work on the interstate, a stoneware kiln owned by William Richard's, a South Trenton, New Jersey entrepreneur, was excavated by Hunter Research. Pieces of stoneware with an incised fish scale pattern were uncovered on that site. Another archeological dig was performed at the Eagle Tavern in Trenton, NJ where other shards were uncovered with a similar motif from the kiln site of James Rhodes who at one time worked with Richards.. The jar has a glazed over chip at he rim and another old rim chip that is not glazed. There is a tight hairline along the base and some stable flaking to the glaze. The cobalt washed incised decoration is on both sides of the jar. The height is approx. 11 1/4".
$2000.00
EARLY GOODWIN AND WEBSTER INCISED OVOID JUG
A beautiful large incised ovoid jug with a ringed neck. It was made circa 1886 by Goodwin & Webster of Hartford, Connecticut. The height is 17". It is in ver good condition with a stone pop to the left of the decoration, a few base chips and a crack running about 2 1/2 " along the length of the handle. It looks to be about a 3 gallon capacity. It makes a bold statement in a collection!
$1795.00
DATED 1819 OVOID STONEWARE JUG
You will look long and hard to find a dated stoneware jar that is also incised with a heart! This one is in excellent original condition. There is a possibility that this is a Commeraws piece because of some similarity to the ovoid jug we have listed that is marked Commeraws. The jug with the incised heart would be a somewhat later example than the marked piece with the clam shell decoration also listed. The 1819 date on the jug with the heart could correspond with Thomas Commeraw's last recorded year in business as a potter if in fact it was made by him. The height of the jug is 15 3/4".
$3995.00
TINY 18TH CENTURY CHURN WITH FENTON FLOWER
A very rare small churn made by Jonathan Fenton in Boston, Massachusetts c. 1795. Both sides of the churn are stamped with Fenton's signature flower.decoration and both flowers are filled with cobalt. The churn has early open handles or ears highlighted with cobalt at each point of attachment. The height of this churn is only 14"! It is rare enough to find a Fenton churn but probably even more rare to find a tabletop example. It looks like there was a lot of red clay mixed with the white stoneware clay. This is visible at the base where the piece is not glazed. Probably because of the inclusion of the red clay which would result in a softer composition, there are some hairline cracks and there is also some chipping at the base. The chipping is confined to one side. I would venture a guess that you will not easily find another example!
$4250.00
GOODWIN & WEBSTER CHURN
This churn was potted in Hartford, Connecticut early in the 19th century by Goodwin and Webster. It is a 4 gallon churn and is incised with the number 4 under the potter's mark. The height is 19". Because of the hard usage they received, and because they were fewer in number to begin with, churns are more rare than other pieces of stoneware. The examples with the straight sides that flare out toward the base are the earliest in form. This example is in fairly good condition with some scattered chipping at the top and toward the back of the bottom. There are two tight lines that extend downward about 2 3/4" from the top. A wood lid and dasher of later date accompany the churn.
$1295.00
MIDWESTERN COBALT DECORATED OVOID JUG
A nice little one gallon stoneware jug probably of Ohio origin. It is decorated with a large cobalt flower. There is a little clay adhesion at the top right of the flower. There are no chips or cracks. It's a nice small ovoid with lots of cobalt. The height is approximately 11 1/2".
$350.00
CHARLESTOWN OVOID JAR
A beautifully ochre,iron oxide, dipped ovoid jar made in Charlestown, Massachusetts by Frederick Carpenter circa 1812. It is impressed with the eagle and cannon mark one of several dies used to decorate by this particular pottery. The jar is in very good condition with some minor chipping at the base on the back side. The dipping is especially rich and exaggerated on this example. The height is 14". The piece has an approximate 3 gallon capacity.
$1200.00
NORWICH, CONNECTICUT OVOID JUG
A very nice ovoid jug made by Erastus Wentworth who worked in Norwich, Connecticut. Most jusgs from this pottery are marked Armstrong and Wentworth, the name reflecting the partnership of Peleg Armstrong and Erastus Wentworth. This example is simply marked E. Wentworth Norwich. The pottery was located in the Bean Hill part of Norwich. The jug meaasures 12" tall and in in very good condition.
$295.00
SMITHS PAT. WHITE ROOT BOTTLE
This is a nice stoneware Root Beer bottle. It is albany glazed. You can see exactly where the potter held the bottle when he brushed on the glaze. One side of the bottle is impressed vincent & Hathaway and the other Smith's Pat. White Root. The bottle is in excellent condition. The height is 10" tall.
