American Furniture & Decorative Arts

782. 
     

     Edmands & Co. Albany Glazed Pottery Covered Cookie Jar,
     Edward T. and Thomas R. Edmands, Charlestown, Massachusetts,
     1852-68, molded cylindrical form with narrow paneled sides, molded
     rope ring handles, the base impressed “EDMANDS & CO.,” (rim chips
     on cover), ht. 6 3/4 in.
     $300-500

     
     


783. 
     

     Daniel O’Connell Rockingham Glazed Pottery Pitcher, made by
     Ralph Ragnall Beech, Philadelphia, c. 1850, molded face jug in the
     likeness of Daniel O’Connell, an Irish political leader in the first half of
     the 19th century, (minor imperfections), ht. 7 in.

     
     

Provenance: Ex collection Edwin Atlee Barber, curator of ceramics
at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, and who
became its director in 1907.
$400-600

784. 
     

     Molded Rockingham Glazed Pottery Pitcher with Griffins and
     Monument, George Whitefield Farrar, Fairfax, Vermont, c. 1850,
     molded with blossoms around the neck over a pair of griffins flanking
     an obelisk, possibly the Revolutionary War monument at Bennington,
     Vermont, impressed “FARRAR’S POTTERY FAIRFAX VT” on the
     shoulder, (chips, hairline), ht. 8 7/8 in.
     $400-600

     
     


785. 
     

     Molded Rockingham Glazed Pottery Pitcher with Griffins and
     Monument, attributed to George Whitefield Farrar, Fairfax, Vermont, c.
     1850, molded with blossoms around the neck, the sides with pairs of
     griffins flanking an obelisk, possibly the Revolutionary War monument at
     Bennington, Vermont, (repaired), ht. 9 1/8 in.
     $300-500

     
     


786. 
     

     Rockingham Glazed Pottery Teapot, probably America, mid to
     late 19th century, molded with scrolled foliage on cover and body,
     unmarked, (hairline around base), ht. 8 in.
     $250-350

     
     


787. 
     

     Rockingham Glazed Pottery Pitcher, model attributed to Daniel
     Greatbatch, Bennington, Vermont, c. 1848-49, six-panel pitcher with
     shaped reserves depicting floral sprays in relief, scrolled foliate handle,
     (minor glaze wear on panel edges), ht. 9 1/2 in.
     $300-500

     
     


788. 
     

     Hampshire Pottery Chocolate Pot, New Hampshire, c. 1870s,
     elongated four-lobe oval form with two panels ornamented with
     Japanese-inspired flowers and birds in enamel and gilt, circular red
     maker’s mark, (minor spout hairline and gilt wear), ht. 9 1/2 in.
     $200-250

     
     


789. 
     

     Molded Albany Slip Glazed Pottery Pitcher with Griffins, attributed
     to George Whitefield Farrar, Fairfax, Vermont, c. 1850, molded with
     blossoms around the neck over a pair of griffins flanking an obelisk,
     possibly the Revolutionary War monument at Bennington, Vermont,
     (repairs), ht. 9 1/8 in.
     $200-300

     
     

790.

Griffin-decorated Bennington Pottery Pitcher, attributed to William

Farrar, 19th century, Rockingham glazed molded pitcher with relief

decoration, the rim with flower blossoms and leaves, the body with two

panels with griffins flanking a torch, (chips, hairline), ht. 8 1/4 in.

$100-150

791.

Pewter-mounted Rockingham Glazed Pottery Teapot, T. Smith, Jr.,

possibly Norwalk, Connecticut, c. 1870, ribbed squat body with applied

pewter reeded spout, the cover with acorn finial, foliate embellished

handle, indistinctly impressed “T. SMITH JR./PAT. O[ctober 18]70,” ht.

6 3/4 in.

$300-500

792.

Parian Ware Bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes, possibly Boston, mid

to late 19th century, molded bust on a square plinth, the sides of the

plinth with impressed marks “Sidney Morse Sculp’t/ Published by J.

McD & S. Boston,” the back of the plinth with printed Holmes quote:

“For him in vain the envious seasons roll/Who bears eternal summer in

his soul,” ht. 10 in.

$300-500

793.

Pottery Potato-form Flask, America, 19th century, molded flask with

mottled matte brown glaze, ht. 7 1/4 in.

$150-200

794.

Parian Ware Syrup Pitcher, United States Pottery Company,

Bennington, Vermont, c. 1853, molded with a vertical scrolled foliate

pattern in relief on a stippled ground, the bottom with raised ribbon

mark with the initials “U.S.P.,” ht. 5 1/2 in.

$100-150

795.

Small Parian Ware Pitcher, Fenton’s Works, Bennington, Vermont,

prior to 1853, smear glaze on eight-panel white porcelain body

molded with raised “Paneled Vine and Flower” pattern, raised square

impressed with the words “Fenton’s Works;/Bennington,/Vermont.,”

(body and handle cracked), ht. 5 in.

$100-150

796.

Rockingham Glazed Pottery Clenched Fist Flask, mid-19th century,

early dark luster glaze, (imperfections), ht. 5 in.

$100-150

797.

Bennington Pottery Rockingham Glazed Pitcher, Norton & Fenton,

Bennington, Vermont, 1845-47, six-sided vessel with molded roses

and grape clusters around the neck and floral and foliate scrolls on the

body, early dark luster Rockingham glaze, the base with impressed

circular mark “NORTON & FENTON BENNINGTON VT,” (imperfections),

ht. 10 1/4 in.

Literature: A similar example is pictured in Bennington Pottery and

Porcelain, by Richard Carter Barret, Bonanza Books, 1958, p. 25.

$400-600

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