LOT

Minimum Bid

$39,000

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Sharply and skillfully incised design depicts birds in a flower tree. Attention to detail and shading are very evident in this wonderful display of artistry. If that is not enough, on the back is an equally executed design of Germanic style tulips. The characteristics seen in this decoration are very similar to a signed William Farrar Geddes, NY jug in the Onondaga Historical Society Collection.

Additional blue accents under the ears. This piece is from a New York estate and never offered for public sale. There is some old age spidering below the flower design. Clay separation that occurred in the making on the very bottom.

16"

1840

$2,200

Deeply impressed and blue accented clam shell design is repeated three times at the shoulder. Additional blue accents at the handle.

There is some old surface chipping at the base and a few stone pings. Nice example for this early NYS potter.

16 1/2"

1800

$525

Elf on a beer keg thumb lift. Albany slip interior, probably early NYS origin. Blue accent at the midsection.

There is a long surface chip at the extended base on the front. Some staining from use. Rare form.

14 1/2"

1830

$725

Deep blue accents at the relief barrel stave design.

Professional restoration to chips in the bung hole and to a full length hairline on the very back. Extremely rare form from this early NYC maker.

13"

1800

$900

Incised and blue accented clam shell design above the impressed factory mark. There are additional blue accents at the handle. Reeded neck feature synonymous of this factory.

Stack marks at the shoulder occurred in the kiln. THIS LOT HAS A REPLACED HANDLE!!

16"

1800

$1,350

Additional blue accents at the handle.

Potter's mark is lightly impressed. Stack marks and mottled clay color occurred in the making. Excellent.

13"

1830

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Very simple incised and blue accented lollipop flower outline at the shoulder. Probably Hudson Valley, NY origin.

There is a tight old spider line up from the bottom extending near the flower on the left side. There is an additional tight hairline extending down from the rim just touching the top of the flower. There are a couple of chips at the rim.

13"

1830

$725

Probably New York City origin. Incised leaf design is blue accented on one side. The incised decoration is repeated on the back but is not blued. Additional blue accents at the shoulder and applied handle.

Minor age spidering to the glaze and there is some surface wear at the rim.

14"

1800

$775

The front has an incised and blue accented tree and fence design. The back has a brushed blue accent at the shoulder. Additional blue under the ears. Unusual formed and reeded shoulder and top. Probably New York State origin.

Stack marks in the making. Excellent.

12 1/2"

1830

$1,250

Maker's mark in large letters, is impressed at the shoulder.

There is a chip at the base under the glaze that occurred in making. Excellent.

14"

1807

$1,600

Name is impressed all around the midsection.

There is some very old surface chipping and wear to the base and rim.

11 1/2"

1809

$1,550

Blue at the maker's mark.

There is a very minor stone ping on the left side. Excellent.

11"

1850

$325

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Very rare Buffalo maker.

Excellent.

10 1/2"

1856

$250

Blue at the maker's mark.

Stained from use. Minor spider lines in the glaze.

13 1/2"

1850

$275

Professional restoration to a chip at the rim on the front. Nice example of a very early New York maker.

11"

1835

$150

There is blue wash at the kiln flaw at the base on the front. Excellent.

9 1/2"

1835

$700

Blue at the maker's mark. Rare undocumented NY Potter.

Misshaped at the rim in the making. Minor wear.

9 1/2"

1830

$275

Blue at the maker's mark.

There is a stabilized horizontal crack running around the mid section of the piece, ear to ear on the very back.

13 1/2"

1845

$475

Blue at the maker's mark. Nice example of a very short lived, obscure New York State potter.

Minor glaze spider at the spout.

13 1/2"

1840

$1,300

Brushed double plume decoration with blue at the maker's mark.

There is a tight hairline extending halfway down the rim on the back. Nice example of a very early and short-lived Cortland potter. Rare.

9"

1835

$80

Fairly rare upstate NY maker.

Professional restoration to rims chips and an age line on the front thru the design.

12"

1828

$375

Brushed blue flower design below the blued and impressed maker's mark.

Stack mark to the left of the design occurred in making. Minor wear and age crazing from use.

11"

1830

$1,850

Blue accents at the maker's mark and under the applied ears. On the opposite side is a wonderful incised and blue accented 8 petal flower design.

There is some surface chipping at the rim and base. Also, a crow's foot spider line below the flower design. This is a great example of an early, signed Connecticut potter.

12 1/2"

1805

$1,700

Probably one of a kind. Hand scribed and blue accented, "1/2 gal/M. Farrell & Co/95 Haverhill St.". Below that is a wonderful patriotic hand incised eagle design with a banner in it's mouth. Inside the banner is the hand scribed date, "1872". Probably New York State origin.

There is a minor stone ping. Excellent.

9 1/2"

1872

$800

Impressed at the shoulder, "LOV RIDGE'S/WAHOO BITTERS/BUFFALO, NY".

Handle and half of the spout are broken off.

14"

1860

$925

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Lots of ground cover and light blue at the impressed store mark, "E. A. BUCK & CO/ 18 BLACKSTONE ST/BOSTON, MASS."

Restoration - handle has been replaced. There is a glaze drip on the front that occurred in the making.

17 1/2"

1880

$550

Impressed and blued at the shoulder, "A. B. WHEELER & CO/69 BROAD STREET/BOSTON". Decorated with a fat bird on a twig attributed to the Fort Edward Factory.

Stack marks at the shoulder occurred in the making, otherwise excellent.

11 1/2"

1870

$110

Impressed and blue accented, "PHILBRICK & SPAULDING/23 WASHINGTON ST/HAVERHILL". The deeply impressed name is framed with a double feather design.

There is a full length glued crack in front of the left ear. Some staining from use.

11 1/2"

1870

$1,200

Impressed store mark, " J. A. GRIFFIN/OSWEGO CENTER,N.Y." Slip blue bird design attributed to the Hart Fulton factory. Additional blue accents at the bung hold.

There is a minor glaze drip on the front. Excellent.

13 1/2"

1870

$350

Etched on the front, "Storrs & Curtis/Syracuse/N.Y."

Excellent.

7"

1880

$120

Impressed at the shoulder, "Quintard & Thompson,/Ship Chandlers & Grocers,/No. 28 South ST. N. York".

There is a repair to a minor chip in the spout.

9"

1870

$375

New Jersey origin. Impressed and blue accented at the shoulder on the back, "O M BARBER & CO PORT RICHMOND SI". (Staten Island, NY)

There is an interior rim chip on the front. Mottled clay color in the making.

12 1/2"

1880

$300

The first: CLARK & CO ROCHESTER, NY approximate 1 gallon preserve jar with brushed flower décor. Unusual design. There is a full length tight crack along the bottom that extends up and runs all around the base. There is a large chip by the left ear. 10" 1850.

The second: FRANCIS BOGARDUS POUGHKEEPSIE approximate 1 gallon ovoid crock with brushed flower design. Rare short lived pottery mark. Blue at the maker's mark. There is a U-shaped tight crack running from ear to ear on the back. Chip at the rim on the front. 9 1/2" 1830.

$250

I. H. WANDS OLEAN, NY 2 gallon jug with simple flower décor. Blue wash at the maker's mark. Stained from use. There are a couple of minor surface chips. 14" 1855.

N. CLARK JR. ATHENS, NY 2 gallon jug with brushed flower decoration. Stack marks at the shoulder in the making, and some staining from use. 13 1/2" 1850.

$250

J. BURGER JR. ROCHESTER, NY 2 gallon jug with slip decorated daisy design. Blue wash at the maker's mark. Some surface chipping and overall staining from use. Someone put the initials "RND" over the glaze at the shoulder.13" 1880.

FRANK B NORTON WORCESTER MASS 3 gallon jug with stylized leaf design. Extensive chipping at the spout. There is a tight thru line below the handle on the back. Stained from use. 15" 1870

$275

J. FISHER LYONS, N.Y. 2 gallon jug with framed gallon designation. Stained from use, otherwise excellent. 13 1/2" 1880.

Unsigned 2 gallon advertising crock with fern decoration. Store mark difficult to read, but appears to be, "J. J. Gettman Syracuse". Stained from use, otherwise excellent. 8 1/2" 1880.

$225

Some staining from use and there is a dime size surface chip in the spout.

15"

1858

$275

Triple blue flower decoration under the blue maker's mark and gallon designation.

Professional restoration to chips around the rim and a full length tight line on the back.

17"

1860

$475

Blue at the maker's mark and the impressed gallon designation.

There is a short hairline in the front to the right of the impressed maker's mark.

19"

1858

$700

Minor stone ping at the base on the left side.

9"

1875

$275

Overglazing occurred in making and stained from use.

10"

1870

$300

Over glazed in the making.

12 1/2"

1875

$400

Blue at the maker's mark and accents under the ears.

Mottled clay color occurred in potting. Interior lime staining from use.

11"

1860

$225

Some staining from use and a stone ping at the base on the very back.

9 1/2"

1860

$375

Minor staining with stack marks that occurred in the making. Nice example of a fairly uncommon NY maker.

11 1/2"

1860

$400

Unusual feathering detail to the bird. This shaded technique gives almost a 3-D quality.

Large glaze flake spot on the back and left side. Other flaking at the very bottom, interior and at the rim. All are stable and happened a long time ago. Displays well.

11"

1890

$475

Triple flower design with blue at the maker's mark. Unusual design from a rare mark. From an undocumented New York potter.

There is an old age line up from the bottom just touching the design. There is surface roughness at the rim.

14"

1860

$400

Blue at the maker's mark. Nice blue.

There is a tight crow's foot spider line emanating from the bottom and running up 2" on the left side. The back is splattered with blue cobalt.

13 1/2"

1852

$275

Blue decorated with a spitting flower design.

There is a short, tight hairline at the spout on the front and another on the back. They could have occurred in the making.

12"

1870

$525

Lightly incised under the glaze is a large petaled flower design below the maker's mark. Probably one of a kind, incised designs are never seen from this maker.

Excellent.

9 1/2"

1870

$250

Minor staining from use. Rather uncommon NY maker.

12"

1855

$225

Somewhat dry glaze. Professional restoration - handle is replaced. Rare form from an equally rare maker.

10 1/2"

1855

$375

Deeply scribed and blue accented lines decorate the top and bottom. Blue accented star point tooling around the bunge hole. Impressed "2" on the front and back. Attributed to the M. Woodruff Cortland factory.

The glaze runs on the back occurred in making. Excellent.

11 1/2"

1870

$7,000

RARE. One of a kind design of a church and trees filling the front of this small piece. Maintains original lid.

Excellent. This is a beauty in person. You will NOT be disappointed if you win this great Cortland jar.

7 1/4"

1860

$190

Surface wear at the rim and there are some old glaze spiders throughout. Some staining from use.

13"

1870

$550

Attributed to Poughkeepsie, NY factory. Nice chicken with body detail.

There is a stone ping on the front above the chicken. On the back, there is a tight hairline running horizontal up from the bottom.

10 1/2"

1870

$275

Overglazed at the shoulder and there is a larger glaze drip at the tail of the design. Some staining from use. Excellent.

14"

1885

$325

Somewhat overglazed in the making. There is a large crow's foot, glaze spider in front of the left ear.

13 1/2"

1880

$775

Excellent.

11"

1870

$525

Some overall glaze wear and staining from use.

14"

1860

$400

Somewhat overglazed in the making. Excellent.

9"

1880

$4,700

One of a kind design of a house on a treed and grassy hill.

Professional restoration to hairlines extending up from the bottom thru and including the design. Additional restoration to a J-shaped hairline extending down from the rim behind the right ear.

7"

1880

$400

The bird is long and tall to fit the jug.

Minor staining and the mottled clay color occurred in the making.

15 1/2"

1880

$2,500

There is some fry to the thick cobalt application. Stone ping and rim chip on the very back. Stain spot on the left side emanates from a glaze separation in the interior, that occurred in the making.

12 1/2"

1880

$225

Blue at the maker's mark.

Dry glaze and clay discoloration in the making.

16"

1850

$600

Pretty & excellent.

13 1/2"

1865

$275

There is some minor glaze wear at the base on the back and a surface chip at the extended rim on the front.

9"

1865

Great form with a large abstract flower decoration. Probably Albany, NY potter.

Clay discoloration in the making. Excellent.

12 1/2"

1870

$450

Probably from an Albany, NY region maker.

There is a surface chip at the extended rim that is under the glaze, thus occurring in the making. Professional restoration chipping an a hairline up from the base on the very back.

9 1/2"

1865

$400

Probably New York State origin.

There is a stone ping at the base that occurred in firing. Excellent.

10"

1870

$675

Rare design of a bird over a dancing daisy design. Further decorated in blue at the base of the handle highlighting an impressed screw-head design. See the web site for additional photos. New York State origin.

Design fry to the thick cobalt application. There is a glaze burn/stack mark below the design on the left.

14"

1870

$400

Probably New York State origin.

There is some interior lime staining from use and a stone ping under the left ear.

10 1/2"

1870

$500

Unusual triangle and star design with large blue accents under the applied ears. Rare small size for a churn form.

Minor age line at the base under the right ear. Some surface chipping around the base.

13"

1850

DNMR

A great stylized distinctive cat face in dark contrasting blue.

There is a glaze burn on the very back that occurred in the making. Minor old age spidering along the base.

10"

1870

$575

Double flower decoration with additional blue at the maker's mark and under the ears. This is a form and maker's we have not seen from a short-lived pottery, only in business 4 years.

There is a glaze drip and a minor stone ping that occurred in the making. Rare.

9 1/2"

1850

$475

Last known decorated stoneware pottery in New York City. Very rare to see this potter's work with bird designs.

Somewhat overglazed in the making. There are a couple of stains from use.

11 1/2"

1880

$775

Wonderful delicate butterfly decoration. Blue at the maker's mark.

There is a large filled chip at the rim above the right ear.

10 1/2"

1870

$425

Stack marks on the side and back with some very minor staining.

11"

1880

$300

There is minor surface roughness at the rim.

8"

1880

$300

Probably New Jersey origin.

There is some minor spidering to the glaze and some staining from use.

13"

1880