March 2006 American Pottery Auction, Lots 1-80

LOT	Current Bid	Photos	Minimum Bid	Description
1	$4,000.00		$700.00	Armstrong & Wentworth Norwich 2 1/2 gallon ovoid crock. Deeply hand incised and blue accented vine and flower design decorates this piece with the maker's mark on the opposite side. Additional blue accents at the applied handles. Most of this CT factory's pieces were undecorated, so this was most likely a special order. Inscribed on the bottom "2 1/2". Stack mark just below the design occurred in firing. There are a couple of other stack marks and stone pings that also occurred in the making. 13" 1820
2	$1,650.00		$600.00	Unsigned approximate 2 gallon ovoid crock. Incised and blue accented leaf design front and back. Also blue accents at applied loop handles. There are stamped and blue washed rosettes under each handle. Probably Crolius of New York. Nice example of 18th century pottery. There is some overall age pitting and crazing but nothing distracting from this early piece. 11 1/2" 1790
3	$4,400.00		$2,500.00	Commeraws Corlears Hook approximate 3 gallon ovoid jar open handles. Decorated front and back with the signature incised and blue drape design. Additional blue accents at the handles. The name COMMERAWS is impressed on one side and CORLEARS HOOK on the opposite. Nice example of one of this country's first potters. There is a chip at the rim and the maker's mark is lightly impressed. 14" 1790
4	$1,550.00		$500.00	4 Unsigned approximate 2 gallon ovoid cream pot. Nice decoration of an incised fish across the front. Probably early Boston origin. Some old surface chipping around the base. 12" 1800
5	$750.00		$600.00	5 Unsigned approximate 2 gallon pitcher. Decorated with two delicately incised and blue accented birds. Between the birds there is a faint incised drawing double flower design. What appears to be a maker's mark at the shoulder is in fact, incised hash marks. "\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|" Probably New York state origin, Hudson Valley origin. There are a couple of old chips at the rim on the back by the handle. Two other old chips in the rim. 14" 1830
6	$875.00		$120.00	Unsigned approximate 1 gallon ovoid crock with a brushed blue drape design all around. Further accented with deeply incised lines above the blue décor. Attribute to Crolius New York City. Excellent. 9 1/2" 1810
7	$625.00		$250.00	Unsigned 3 gallon ovoid jug with most unusual tree of life design. Additional blue at the maker's mark. Probably early New York State origin. There are a couple of stone pings in the making, and a nickel size surface chip in the spout on the right side. Age spiders in the base. 14 1/2" 1830
8	$325.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 2 gallon ovoid jug with brushed blue flower design at the shoulder. Additional blue accents at the handle. Probably New York State origin. Cinnamon clay color and stack marks around the body occurred in the making. Excellent. 12 1/2" 1830
9	$275.00		$150.00	N. Clark Athens approximate 2 gallon cream pot with blue accents under the maker's mark. Additionally accented with blue cobalt under the ears. Nice form. There is a very tight old freeze line that runs along the base on the front. 8" 1820
10	$400.00		$300.00	E. S. Fox Athens 3 gallon pail shaped crock. Unusual design of two birds facing each other and highlighted in a squiggled blue frame. Cobalt is light applied. Additional blue accents under the handle and at the maker's mark. There is a stone ping in the design and kiln burns at the rim and base that occurred in the making. 10" 1840
11	$225.00		$200.00	Clark & Fox Athens 3 gallon jardinière. Brushed blue accent, with additional blue at the ears and maker's mark. There is a stone ping in the left ear and somewhat dry glaze. There is a tight old, glued crack coming up from the base on the back. 13" 1830
12	$225.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 2 gallon ovoid jug with brushed blue accents at the shoulder and handle. There are 2 incised lines about 3 1/2" down from the spout to further enhance this piece. Probably an early Hudson Valley NYS potter. Stained from use and an age line in the handle. There is some surface wear at the base. 13 1/2" 1820
13	$225.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 1 gallon ovoid cream pot. Simple brushed blue accent repeated front and back with blue accents under the applied ears. Probably New York Hudson Valley origin. Nice early form with great appeal. Minor stack mark and stone pings in the making. 10" 1820
14	$300.00		$250.00	I. V. Machett approximate 1 gallon ovoid jug with brushed blue accent at the maker's mark. Additional blue at the spout and handle. This is a very obscure and rare New York state maker. This is the first one we have offered in 28 auctions. Some staining from use and minor stone ping on the side. 10" 1859
15	$825.00		$200.00	Unsigned approximate 1 gallon tall ovoid jar with incised and blued flower. On the back side is one applied open handle with blue accents. Attributed to Jonathan Fenton, Boston. There is a very old tight glued crack running up from the base on the right side just touching the flower. There is also some old surface chipping at the base. 12" 1790
16	$325.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 1/2 gallon ovoid jug with incised flower decoration. Additional blue accents at the handle. This piece is further enhanced with scribe lines at the spout, shoulder and base. Probably Boston origin from the Fenton pottery. Overall staining from use and a few stone pings that occurred in the making. At the base there is some chipping, one rather large one on the back. 10 1/2" 1800
17	$275.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 2 gallon jardinière. Stylized flower repeated front and back. Additional blue accents at the applied handles. There is some very minor staining from use. Excellent. 10 1/2" 1840
18	$775.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 3 gallon ovoid jug with cobalt blue bulls-eye floral design. Probably early downstate New York origin. Further accented with a reeded neck and blue accents at the handle. Age lines at the base on the side. Minor surface wear at the base. 16 1/2" 1800
19	$200.00		$120.00	J. F. Brayton & Co Utica 2 gallon ovoid jar with brushed plume design. Light blue at the maker's mark. There are a few surface chips and some staining from use. Also, the interior Albany glaze application dripped down the back when the piece was made. 12" 1835
20	$275.00		$100.00	Unsigned approximate 2 gallon ovoid jar with brushed flower décor. Probably early Whites Utica. Surface chipping at the rim and minor staining from use. Stack marks in the making. 10" 1840
21	$375.00		$200.00	J. F. Brayton & Co Utica approximate 2 gallon ball shaped ovoid jug with brushed blue flower décor. Blue at the maker's mark. Cinnamon clay color in the making. There is a stone ping on the back side near the handle. 13" 1835
22	$475.00		$200.00	Chollar Darby & Co Homer 3 gallon ball shaped jug. Decorated with a simple brushed flower, gallon designation and blue thru the maker's mark. A nice example of a rare maker. Indented at the handle. Stack mark just touches the name. Excellent. 14 1/2 1840
23	$170.00		$70.00	Thomas D Chollar Cortland approximate 1 ovoid gallon jug. Excellent. 10" 1845
24	$650.00		$200.00	Thomas D. Chollar Homer 4 gallon ovoid jar. Decorated with a simple brushed flower, gallon designation and blue thru the maker's mark. A nice example of a rare maker in an unusually large size. Minor stack mark and glaze burn occurred when made. Excellent. 14" 1835
25	$375.00		$200.00	Thomas D. Chollar Cortland 2 gallon ovoid jug with brushed blue tree décor. Additional blue accents at the maker's mark and handle. Nice example of a short lived small upstate potter. Overglazing and spidering of the glaze on the back occurred in the making. Excellent. 13" 1845
26	$325.00		$150.00	S. Blair Cortland approximate 1 gallon ovoid cream pot with brushed flower décor. Blue at the maker's mark. Design fry and dry glaze occurred in the making. Surface roughness along the rim and there is some staining from use. 9" 1830
27	$625.00		$250.00	Clinton Pottery 2 gallon ovoid cream pot with brushed double blue flower décor. Additional blue accents at the ears and at the maker's mark. Extremely rare New York Pottery run by John Gregory, Benjamin Lent, and Dwight Graves, in business only 1 year. All three developed potteries in other areas. There is a glued crack in front of the left ear, down from the rim. 10 1/2" 1847
28	$675.00		$200.00	J. G. Ball & Co Poughkeepsie 3 gallon ovoid jug with dotted brushed flower décor. Additional blue accents at the maker's mark and handle. Short lived New York maker. Stack marks in the making. There is a very, very tight 3" hairline extending up from the base in front, you can see it in the photo that is online. 15 1/2" 1836
29	$250.00		$150.00	M. Tyler & Co Albany NY approximate 1 gallon ovoid crock with brushed blue flower décor. Blue at the maker's mark. There are a couple of surface chips at the rim on the back and a few raised stone bubbles that occurred in the making. 9" 1840
30	$475.00		$200.00	Clark & Lundy Troy approximate 1 gallon jug with brushed flower design. Blue accent at the deeply impressed maker's mark. Rare 1 year mark. There is a stack mark just touching the flower that occurred in the making. 11" 1825
31	$425.00		$100.00	I Seymour & Co Troy approximate 2 gallon ovoid jug. Name deeply impressed and blue accented. Additional blue accent at the base of the handle. Stack marks in the making, otherwise excellent. 16" 1825
32	$500.00		$200.00	Tyler & Dillon Albany approximate 2 gallon ball shaped jug with brushed flower at the shoulder. Blue accents at the maker's mark. Some staining from use, Excellent. 13" 1825
33	$225.00		$80.00	N. Clark & Co Mt Morris 1 gallon ovoid jar with simple blue accent. Blue at the short lived NY maker's mark. There is a tight age line up from the base on the front and some overall surface wear and stains from use. 9 1/2" 1835
34	$550.00		$300.00	N. Clark & Co Lyons NY approximate 3 gallon ovoid preserve jar with fitted stoneware lid. Brushed blue flower in nice blue and additional blue accents at the maker's mark and under the ears. Nice example of one of New York's earliest upstate NY potters. Excellent. 14" 1850
35	$425.00		$350.00	Unsigned tall 2 gallon preserve jar. Blue drape accents at the shoulder and a slip blue flower and leaf design above the scribed date of "1841". Attributed to Asa Smith, Norwalk, CT. There is some surface chipping at the rim and a 4" tight line on the right side. 13" 1841
36	$190.00		$100.00	Unsigned 1/2 gallon cream pot. Blue script 1/2 is in with a blue squiggled frame. Squiggle design is repeated on the back. Minor staining from use. 6" 1850
37	$475.00		$300.00	Unsigned approximate 1/2 gallon preserve jar with impressed and blue accented berries and fish design all around the shoulder. Nice example of the work attributed to Old Bridge, New Jersey, one of the states earliest factories. There are a few tight hairlines extending approximate 3" down from the rim. Some age staining from use. 8" 1805
38	$375.00		$150.00	S. S. Perry approximate 1 gallon ovoid jug with brushed blue flower décor. Blue at the maker's mark. Nice example of a short lived NYS potter. Stack marks at the shoulder occurred in the making, otherwise excellent. 11" 1830
39	$110.00		$60.00	S. S. Perry Troy approximate 1 gallon ovoid jug. Blue wash at the maker's mark. Rather obscure Upstate NY maker. Overall staining from use and there is a stack mark/indentation at the shoulder occurred in making. 10" 1830
40	$325.00		$150.00	S.S. Perry & Co West Troy approximate 1 gallon stoneware bowl. Brushed blue flower is lightly executed. Exceptional example of a fairly rare NY maker and a very rare form. Minor chip at the rim. 6" X 10 1/2" 1833
41	$275.00		$150.00	S. S. Perry Troy approximate 1 gallon ovoid jug with blushed blue accent. Uncommon Capitol District maker Some staining from use and there is a surface chip at the spout. 10" 1830
42	$375.00		$200.00	Unsigned 2 gallon advertising jug. Incised and blue accented at the shoulder, "T. A. McIntyre/Distiller & Rectifier/Waterloo, N.Y." Further accented with a blue dotted leaf design. Blue at the advertiser mark. Probably Fort Edward Pottery. Minor glaze burn on the back side. 13 1/2" 1870
43	$800.00		$250.00	H. Becker 2 gallon jug with a wonderful ribbed and dotted flower design. Believed to be a store mark produced by the Braun Buffalo factory. There are a couple of kiln burns/stack marks that occurred in the making. 14 1/2" 1870
44	$400.00		$100.00	Nathaniel Hudson Galway Village NY 2 gallon jar with dotted flower design. Probably a store or advertising mark, lightly impressed at the shoulder. Some staining from use and there is an interior chip at the rim. This is in fact a RARE and short-lived New York State potter. 10 1/2" 1870
45	$250.00		$100.00	Unsigned approximate 1 gallon advertising jug. Impressed and blue accented, "J. Cochrane/Wholesale & Retail Dealer in/Groceries & Provisions/Oils Cordage & C. & C./No 28 Main St Rochester" Excellent. 11" 1860
46	$275.00		$100.00	Ottman Bros & Co Fort Edward NY approximate 1 gallon advertising jug. On the front in blue script reads, "G. Nagle/III/Haverhill dr/Boston". Light blue wash at the maker's mark. Stack mark on the back occurred in the making. Excellent. 11" 1870
47	$120.00		$80.00	Bristol glaze advertising jar. "G. W. GAIL & AX./C/SNUFF." in dark brown relief accents on the front. "Baltimore" in relief also on the front. This design and logo is repeated on the back. The maker's logo is stamped on the base, "AVALON FAIENCE BALT". Stained from use and there is a chip at the rim on the front. 9" 1900
48	$190.00		$150.00	Unsigned 3 gallon advertising jug with three blue accent bands. Blue stenciled on the front, "ALLEN BRO'S/UTICA ,N.Y." Probably made by the Whites Utica factory. Minor wear and surface chipping at the spout. 16" 1870
49	$250.00		$100.00	Co-operative Pottery Co Lyons NY approximate 1 gallon advertising jug. In large blue script across the front reads, "Gaugh Bros./Penn Yan/NY". Minor glaze burning at the shoulder. Excellent. 10 1/4" 1890
50	$150.00		$150.00	E. W. Farrington Elmira NY 2 gallon advertising syrup jug. In blue script on the front reads, "Gerily Bros". Uncommon form. Some minor staining from use, excellent. 10 1/2" 1890
51	$275.00		$150.00	Cooperative Pottery Co Lyons NY 2 gallon advertising jug. In blue script on the front, "Holzborn & Fuchs 445 Washington St./Buffalo NY". Stack marks at the base and glaze spidering at the shoulder occurred in the making. Very minor wear at the spout from use. 14" 1890
52	$325.00		$150.00	Unsigned approximate 1 gallon pitcher with slip blue long stemmed flower design. Probably New York State origin. Mottled clay color occurred in the making, and there is a very tight 6" hairline extending down from the rim to the left of the handle on the back. 11" 1850
53	$225.00		$100.00	Unsigned 2 gallon cream pot with unusual lyre decoration. Additionally decorated on the back with a slip blue "2" gallon designation. Professional restoration to a chip at the rim on the front. 10" 1850
54	$500.00		$200.00	Unsigned 1 1/2 gallon crock with singing bird on twig decoration. Probably Fulper, NJ origin. Minor surface chipping at the rim interior. 8" 1880
55	$400.00		$200.00	Unsigned 2 gallon jug with bold singing bird on cherry branch décor.. Probably Flemington, NJ origin. There is damage to the spout, it has been glued tightly back into place. There is a long surface chip under the handle that probably occurred in the making. Some staining from use. 13 1/2" 1870
56	$750.00		$250.00	Unsigned 2 gallon tall pitcher with unusual bouquet of flowers. Strong cobalt application and long neck add to the interesting design of this piece. Some staining from use. There is a small chip and short hairline near the handle on the back. 13" 1870
57	$350.00		$200.00	Brown Bros Huntington L.I. 2 gallon beehive shaped jug. Decorated with a double flower in almost face-line proportions. Blue at the maker's mark. Nice example of this factory's work as they commonly produced straight- sided crocks. Some overglazing and kiln burn occurred in the making. Excellent. 12" 1860
58	$300.00		$300.00	J. Heiser Buffalo NY 2 gallon jug with dotted "antler" design. Blue at the maker's mark. Good example of a rare Buffalo, NY mark. Stack mark at the shoulder in the making and stained on the bottom. 11 1/2" 1852
59	$400.00		$250.00	C. W. Braun Buffalo, NY 3 gallon butter churn with ribbed and dotted daisy decoration. Blue at the maker's mark. There is a tight short hairline just extending thru the name on the front. 14 1/2" 1870
60	$775.00		$150.00	Lehman & Riedinger Poughkeepsie NY 2 gallon preserve jar with bulls-eye flower. Blue at the lightly impressed maker's mark. Overall dark tacky staining. There is a minor chip at the base on the back. 11" 1855
61	$350.00		$150.00	North Bay 2 gallon preserve jar with triple brushed blue flower décor. Blue wash at the maker's mark. Stack mark in the making and overall stained from use. 10" 1870
62	$375.00		$80.00	Unsigned beehive shaped or "half" jug with blue accents at the shoulder and handle. Approximate 2 gallon size. Probably New York State origin. Rather uncommon form. Stack marks in the making. Excellent. 11 1/2" 1880
63	$2,300.00		$550.00	S. Hart Fulton 2 gallon jug. Just the best example of this factory's signature "love bird" design that we have offered in awhile. Uncommon long tail and squiggle ground cover add to the appeal of this jug. Stack marks at the base occurred in firing. Excellent. 12 1/2" 1875
64	$160.00		$80.00	Ithaca NY approximate 1 gallon cream pot with stylized snowflake design. Blue at the maker's mark. Somewhat overglazed in the making. Professional restoration to hairline in the front thru the name. 8" 1880
65	$150.00		$150.00	Ithaca NY 2 gallon crock with a double dotted flower décor. There is a minor glaze spider on the back and stained from use. 9 1/2" 1880
66	$550.00		$150.00	G. Apley & Co Ithaca NY approximate 1 gallon jug with large iris and leaf design. Blue at the maker's mark, uncommon New York maker. Stack marks on each side of the design occurred in the making. 11 1/2" 1860
67	$225.00		$100.00	Ithaca NY 3 gallon jug with dotted flower design. Most unusual, in the bottom the owner incised her name. "Pearl M Bebbington/Painted Post NY". Stained from use, otherwise excellent. 16" 1880
68	$1,150.00		$600.00	Penn Yan 2 gallon preserve jar with fitted stoneware lid. Beautifully decorated with a flower vase and bouquet. Note the gallon designation in the center of the vase. Great blue, triple flowers and dots are featured. Additional blue accents at the ears. There are numerous age cracks extending up from the bottom and spidering on the back and sides, but nothing in the wonderful design. They are all tightly glued and the piece "rings true". 11 1/2" 1860
69	$450.00		$300.00	Mantel Penn Yan 4 gallon crock with great snowball flower décor. Professional restoration to age lines throughout but not in the blue. 11" 1860 Additional photos has been added. The restoration on this piece is very good and very difficult to see. I added more photos, so hopefully they will help you.
70	$650.00		$500.00	J. Mantell Penn Yan approximate 1 gallon milk bowl with pouring spout. Brushed blue accent below the blue maker's mark and also at the ears. Rare form and uncommon NYS maker. Minor spider line up from the base on the back does not appear to go thru to the inside. There are a couple of interior surface chips at the rim. 5" X 11" 1860
71	$225.00		$100.00	Penn Yan approximate 1 gallon preserve jar with stoneware lid. Brushed blue plume design with additional accents at the ears and impressed maker's mark. Some staining from use on the back. Tight age lines in the front, one up from the base and the other is down from the rim. 9 1/2" 1860
72	$180.00		$100.00	I. H. Wands Olean NY 2 gallon preserve jar with stemmed grapes design. Blue at the maker's mark. Design fry to the thick blue application. Professional restoration - replaced right ear. 11 1/2" 1855
73	$350.00		$150.00	Olean NY 3 gallon cylinder shaped butter churn. Brushed flower decoration with blue at the maker's mark and gallon designation. Additionally decorated with an incised wavy line in between 2 scribe lines all around the shoulder. There is a short hairline at the rim by the right ear and a minor glaze spider in the very bottom. 14 1/2" 1860
74	$9,750.00		$5,500.00	E. W. Farrington & Co Elmira NY 6 quart batter pail with original bale handle. This is American Folk Art - an abstract profile of a man, typical of 19th century American itinerate artist. There is some very minor surface chipping at the spout, otherwise excellent. Just the best in form, size and design. 9 3/4" 1890
75	$3,100.00		$1,800.00	E. W. Farrington & Co Elmira NY 8 gallon butter churn with original stoneware guide. Fabulous design of a large wreath surrounding a star burst design. Additional blue accents at the handles and maker's mark. There is a very tight inbody long crow's foot spider line on the very back. 18" 1890
76	$425.00		$200.00	W Roberts Binghamton NY 2 gallon preserve jar with large dotted bird design. Blue at the maker's mark and the gallon designation. Extensive freeze cracks on the bottom run up the back and on the right side horizontally and vertically. 11" 1860
77	$550.00		$250.00	Unsigned 2 gallon crock with great bird design commonly seen on the Whites Binghamton pottery. There are a few fleck spots in the glaze and some minor staining from use. 9 1/2" 1870
78	$775.00		$300.00	N. A. White & Co Binghamton 2 gallon jug with dotted running bird on a floral branch. Dots and great blue add to this piece. Blue at the maker's mark and deeply impressed gallon designation. There is just a minor surface chip at the spout. 13" 1868
79	$275.00		$250.00	W. Roberts Binghamton 3 gallon cream pot with signature poppy decoration. Some staining from use and there is an interior rim chip in the back. 11 1/2" 1860
80	$200.00		$100.00	M. Tyler Albany NY approximate 2 gallon preserve jar with simple blue flower décor. Blue at the maker's mark and blue accents under the ears. Professional restoration to chips at the rim. 11 1/2" 1840