Rockingham Glazed Pottery Lassie Figure, William H. Farrar,
Geddes, New York, after 1857, molded form of a Scottish lassie
wearing a feathered tam holding a book with a lamb beside her, the
back of the base inscribed “W.H.F./Geddes/NY,” (minor chip), ht. 9 1/4
in.
$1,500-2,500
Bennington Pottery “Cavalier” Flint Enamel Tobacco Jar, attributed
to Lyman, Fenton & Co., Bennington, Vermont, 1848-58, the jar with
lift-off cover, unmarked, (imperfections), ht. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: Ex Ted Johnson collection.
$3,000-5,000
- Molded Rockingham Glazed Pottery Stag Hunt and Advertising
Pitcher, America, possibly Coxen & Co., South Amboy, New Jersey, c.
1887, molded with a hunt scene with stag, hounds, and two riders on
horseback, with interior molded frog figure, molded branch-form handle,
the front with raised letter advertisement for “C.W. MEAD CHICOPEE
MASS 1887,” blue underglaze highlights, ht. 9 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500
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Rockingham Glazed Stag and Boar Hunt Hound-handled Pitcher,
modeled by Daniel Greatbatch, Bennington, Vermont, c. 1848-49,
molded with grapevines around the neck and shoulder over hunting
scene with dogs, stags, and boars, large lily of the valley to the right of
the chain-collared hound handle, ht. 12 in.Literature: A similar pitcher is illustrated and discussed in the exhibition
catalog “Fancy Rockingham” Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in
Nineteenth-Century America, by Diana Stradling, University of Richmond
Museums, 2005, pp. 14-15.
$400-600749.
Rockingham Glazed “Distin Family Band” Pottery Watercooler,
attributed to E. & W. Bennett, Baltimore, modeled by Charles Coxon,
1850, eight-sided vessel with molded columns flanking figures with
instruments on a masonry foundation, the bottom inscribed 1850 and
with ball-shaped indentations for mounting on a stand, (chips, cracks),
ht. 16, dia. 13 in.Literature: “Fancy Rockingham” Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in
Nineteenth-Century America, by Diana Stradling, University of Richmond
Museums, 2005, pp. 78-79. Stradling writes, “only two ‘Distin Family
Band’ water urns are known to exist and both are incised with the year
1850 on the bottom.” The other is reportedly at the Maryland Historical
Society.Note: John Distin and his four sons were a group of traveling British
musicians who helped foster a market for manufactured brass
instruments and published music.
$2,500-3,500750.
Large Rockingham Glazed Pottery Toby Jug, America, mid-19th
century, with molded bearded mask on scrolled handle, unmarked, ht.
13 1/2 in.
$600-800751.
Bennington Pottery Flint Enamel Diamond Pattern Pitcher,
Bennington, Vermont, 1849-58, (minor hairlines), unmarked, ht. 8 3/8 in.
$600-800748749750