Stoneware Jar, J.S. TAFT & COMPANY / KEENE, NH, Bird Decoration
James Scholly Taft
Date/Period: 1870-1880
Measurement: 14" x 10.5"
Material: Salt glazed stoneware; Albany slip glazed interior
Condition: Chip to rim
Additional Information: Cylindrical 5-gallon jar [crock] with tooled rim and
applied lug handles on shoulders. Impressed maker’s and capacity mark with
cobalt highlights; decorated with slip trailed design featuring a bird on
fruited [berries] foliage brushed in cobalt.
Additional Information: Allen Durfee, pioneer funeral director and embalming
fluid inventor and manufacturer. Heavy 5-gallon jug with strap handle,
tooled lip, capacity mark over oval label.
$785.00
1339-14
Historic Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Stoneware, 1862, Old Abe Prest
Cobalt decoration reads: Lyman Stone – Waterbury VT – 1862 – Old Abe Prest
One of only three extant pieces of stoneware referencing Lincoln Date/Period: 1862
Measurement: Height: 12.5”
Material: Salt glaze stoneware, cobalt
Condition: Outstanding original condition
Additional Information: Unique cobalt decorated stoneware jug impressed S. Johns
Stoneware under spout; 1-gallon capacity. The factory was operated by George W.
Farrar in 1862. To learn about the Farrar family of potters see American Stoneware by
William C. Ketchum, published by Henry Holt and Company, 1991; pp. 44, 45, 46.
Lyman Stone (1800 – 1870) is listed in the 1850 census as a blacksmith in
Waterbury. Stone (1801-1870) served as a Division Superintendent on the Central
Vermont Railroad.
Political stoneware is exceptionally rare. Add the Lincoln connection and you've got
something special!
$8,975.00
1121-74
Rockingham Toby Pitcher, Creamer/Syrup, Figure with Jug of Ale
Probably Bennington Date/Period: Circa 1840-1850s
Measurement: Height: 6"
Material: Buff color stoneware, Rockingham flint enamel glaze
Condition: Excellent, one tiny fleabite on underside of foot
Additional Information: Colonial Patriot wearing tri-corner hat with cockade.
Bennington verses Staffordshire: We see similar pitches assigned to Bennington, those
with slightly concave bottom and unglazed foot rims are said not to be Bennington; this
jug features a “highly concave” bottom as displayed on page 40, figure 43 of Richard
Cart Barret’s How to Identify Bennington Pottery; Barret discusses variants.
Condition: Excellent, original, hairline to rim of cover, else fine
Additional Information: The overweight gentleman standing on grape vines taking
snuff wears a tri-corner hat. C-scroll handle.
$285.00
859-21
Stoneware Crock, H.M. Whitman, Havana, New York, Tree Decoration Date/Period: 1860-1862
Measurement: Height: 7”
Material: Stoneware, salt glaze, cobalt
Condition: Hairline
Additional Information: Slightly ovoid crock with tooled shoulder; applied lug
handles…impressed makers mark brushed in cobalt, “H.M. WHITMAN / HAVANA, NY,”
[New York]. Brushed tree design. Henry
H. M. Whitman, H. M. Whitman Pottery, Havana (Montour Falls), NY
$450.00
1002-422
Stoneware Canteen, Relief Portrait of George Washington, Panoply of Arms Date/Period: 1830’s to 1840’s
Measurement: Height: 6"; width: 5"; depth: 2.5"
Material: Slip cast stoneware, manganese glaze
Condition: Excellent, no repairs; two tiny trivial chips to spout,
small “in the making” glaze skips at base
Additional Information: We have never seen another example…
$875.00
232-418
Stoneware, Ovoid Jar, James Remmey, Manhattan-Wells, New York, Cobalt Incised Floral Decoration
Impressed Mark Brushed in Cobalt, Open Loop Handles, Circa 1810; RARE
Salt glazed, impressed makers within cobalt circle; back displays incised floral-leaf decoration brushed in blue; additional cobalt highlights to handle terminals, interior with Albany slip. (There is a .25" chip to rim, a single stone ping and a very tight and fine approximately 1" hairline; one handle superbly restored/replaced.)
(H: 11.5")
$4,250
1124-3
Stoneware Jar, Vase, Cobalt, Flared Rim, Projecting Foot
Unknown Maker although Strasburg, Virginia has been suggested
Likely Late 19th Century
(Fine condition; H: 8.25”)
$1,575
331-6
Comforter Spaniel
Mid-19th Century With great attitude, finely molded and mounted on a base made for the spaniel rather than the usual inverted "vegetable tureen" base...
The seated stoneware spaniel stands approximately 11.5-inches and has a Rockingham glaze. The dog is seated on a rectangular base with embossed foliate decoration; serpentine front and back. The piece remains in excellent original condition. (Height: 11.5 inches; Width: 9.5 inches; Depth: 6.5 inches.)
$1,250
588-1
Stoneware Barrel Form Water Cooler,
Bands
Unknown maker, New York or New England, Circa 1880-1890
Stoneware Barrel Form Water Cooler, Bands
Unknown maker, New York or new England, Circa 1880-1890
$535.00
1322-31
19th Century Stoneware Merchant Jug, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Marked: “W. Simes & Co. / Portsmouth N.H. (Under capacity mark)
Attributed to Edmands Pottery, Charlestown, Massachusetts Date/Period: 1837-1851 - SOLD
Measurement: Two Gallons
Material: Stoneware, cobalt decoration
Condition: Allover staining that will clean; hairlines to handle, two trivial flakes to base
Additional Information: Very little marked stoneware is associated with Portsmouth,
N.H. There was no stoneware production in Portsmouth; most of the domestic
stoneware found was almost always produced at the stoneware potteries of
Charlestown, Massachusetts.
This exciting jug bears the merchant mark of William Simes (1806-1880) who was an
important figure in nineteenth century Portsmouth. Records at the New Hampshire
Historical Society and the Portsmouth Athenaeum indicate that he operated as a dry
goods merchant in Portsmouth from 1837 to 1851. (We have compiled a dossier
regarding the esteemed Simes family). William Simes apparently continued in the family
business as a dry goods merchant that descended in his family starting with John Simes
who migrated to from England to New Hampshire about 1736. The Historical Society
owns a Hard Times Token marked; “William Simes & Co. Dealers in Teas, Wines &
Groceries / No. 1 Pierce’s Buildings / Portsmouth N.H.” The other side is dated “1837.”
The cobalt decorated bird is associated with production in Charlestown by Emands
Pottery; probably by Barnabas Edmands’ (1778-1872) shop, a pot-works that was
established at 55 Austin Street by Edmands and his brother-in-law William Boroughs in
1812.
Simes was elected mayor of Portsmouth in 1861, he died in 1880.
SOLD
309-4
Stoneware Floor Urns, Arts & Crafts Garden Urns, Wheatley Pottery Company
Attributed to Wheatley Pottery Company, Cincinnati Date/Period: Probably 1903-1927 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 28.5"
Material: Stoneware
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: Large bulbus jars impressed with shape number: W 370; one
with a thick drippy glaze, the other smooth
SOLD
859-30
Molded Stoneware, Standing Spaniel on Base, Incised Details Date/Period: 19th Century - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 10.75"
Material: Stoneware, Albany slip
Condition: Excellent, couple flakes to inner rim…underside of base
Additional Information: A folksy example featuring incised facial features, collar,
chain, and lock.
SOLD
1127-49
Stoneware, Jugs, Jar, Crock, Norton, Vermont
Sold separately
Removed
Stoneware Jug, E. & L.P. Norton, Bennington, Vermont, Strong Cobalt Decoration
Edward Norton & Luman Preston Norton, Circa 1870 (Worked together 1861 to 1881)
Impressed Mark Brushed in Cobalt - SOLD
Two Gallon, flattened spout rim, applied handle, slip-trailed leaf design
(Excellent condition; H: 14.25")
167-14
Stoneware Jar, Crock, J & E Norton, Bennington, Vermont, Strong Cobalt
Julius and Edward Norton, Circa 1850 to 1859)
Impressed Mark Brushed in Cobalt - SOLD
1.5- Gallon, slip trailed leaf design
(Excellent Original Condition; H: 10.5")
167-15
Stoneware Pitcher, Massive, Alkaline Glaze
American, possibly North Carolina [Southern, but could be Ohio]? Date/Period: Circa 1880 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 17"
Material: Kaolin, alkaline glaze
Condition: Excellent original condition
Additional Information: Olive color with iron speckles. Could be a shop advertising
piece or for industrial use. Sorry to be ambiguous with this one!
SOLD
632-133
Stoneware Churn, Ohio, Spotted Bird on Stump, 10-Gallon Date/Period: 1851-1875 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 21"
Material: Stoneware [salt-glazed]
Condition: Restoration to rim chip and to 5” hairline near base, displays well
Additional Information: Decorated stoneware churn, probably Akron, Ohio, third quarter-19th
century. Ten gallons, slightly ovoid form with a large cobalt bird [Grouse] on a branch. This
churn is one of a group of decorated stoneware displaying a a left-facing bird.
One of that group is a churn incised with the name of potter William
McBurney of Akron and Middlebury. McBurney probably trained at
the Norton pottery and eventually moved to the Akron area in the
1860s. It is not certain whether McBurney made that churn, or all the
left-facing-bird objects. The McBurney churn is illustrated in A History
of Northeast Ohio Stoneware by F. Robert Treichler, page 57.
One of that group is a churn incised with the name of potter William
McBurney of Akron and Middlebury. McBurney probably trained at
the Norton pottery and eventually moved to the Akron area in the
1860s. It is not certain that McBurney made the churn, or the other
left-facing-bird pieces.
The McBurney churn is illustrated in A History of Northeast Ohio
Stoneware by F. Robert Treichler, page 57. A related churn is
illustrated on page 55, and bears the name D.S. Alexander, who was likely a merchant and
agent in Detroit. That jug is also discussed and illustrated in Equal in Goodness: Ohio
Decorative Arts 1788-1860, entry 104. Another Alexander piece (an 1876 Centennial jug) was
appraised by Alan Katz on the Antiques Roadshow in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2004. D.S.
Alexander was likely David Alexander, a farm implements dealer and the older brother of noted
businessman, J. Park Alexander (1834-1908). The younger Alexander engaged in a variety of
successful business ventures, however, is perhaps best known for the development of a
stoneware distribution network. He worked with several local potters and maintained
warehouses in Akron, Detroit, and Chicago.
The Alexander churn sold at Garth's, May 2012, lot 74.
PROVENANCE: Ex Collection of Jim Murphy of Grove City, Ohio.
From Garth's 05.15.2015 catalogue: Jim Murphy (1941 to 2012) spent more than three decades
researching Ohio pottery, often publishing his findings in short but highly important articles in
various publications, including the Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, as well as
several self-published pamphlets (some of which, along with his notes were posthumously
published by his friends Jeff Carskadden and Richard Gartley as James L. Murphy's Checklist
of 19th-Century Bluebird Potters and Potteries in Muskingum County, Ohio). His devotion to
collecting was just as passionate, and Jim amassed an encyclopedic collection of Ohio pottery.
SOLD
859-11
4-Gallon Stoneware Crock, Brushed and Slip Trailed Cobalt Paddle Tail Bird Decoration
Unsigned, Impressed 4, Likely N.Y., 19th Century - SOLD
Semi-ovoid with tooled collar, semi-rounded rim, applied lug handles; deep, dark, greasy cobalt blue decoration featuring a detailed bird perched on flowering vine.
(Excellent condition; H: 12.5”)
$785
492-167
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