Staffordshire Pottery Horse Figure, England, late 19th century,
standing horse figure with brown spots on a green and brown oblong
base, (minor hairline and paint losses), ht. 9 1/8, lg. 12 1/8 in.
$300-500
Transfer-printed Liverpool Creamware Jug, England, early 19th
century, one side depicting a ship flying a British flag, the reverse
depicting a woman leaning on an anchor (the symbol of hope) and
looking out to sea with distant ship, with grapevines suspended from a
bowknot depicted below the spout and traces of gilt highlighting around
rim and spout, (minor glaze wear), ht. 9 in.
$1,000-1,500
186.
Three Assorted Ceramic Items, 18th-19th century, a Delft plate
decorated with a parrot perched on a branch; a pearlware flowerpot
with saucer, with bands of black-filled inlaid rouletting alternating with
thin light blue bands; a small Chinese export porcelain tea bowl and
saucer decorated en grisaille with western figures and buildings, (rim
chips), ht. 1-5 1/2, dia. 3-9 3/8 in.
$200-300187.
Polychrome Glazed Barrel-form Pottery Covered Jar, attributed
to Dunmore Pottery, Scotland, 19th century, the jar splash glazed in
green, blue, and brown on a dark cream ground, ht. 8 3/4 in.
$200-250188.
William Capron Stoneware Jar with Incised Cobalt Flower and Bird
Decoration, Albany, New York, c. 1800-05, oval jar with reeded neck,
applied lug handles with cobalt daubed terminals, the front and back
decorated with incised cobalt blue decoration, one side depicting a
flower blossom, the other a bird, ht. 13 3/8 in.Note: William Capron (b. after 1755, d. August 2, 1823), is thought to
have been the first producer of stoneware in Albany, New York. He
opened a pottery there on Washington Street in 1800 and five years
later sold the pottery to Paul Cushman in 1805.Literature: See Paul Cushman: The Work and World of an Early 19th
Century Albany Potter, Albany Institute of History and Art, 2007, pp.
69-71, and 79, for information on William Capron and examples of his
work. A jar with similar decoration of flower and bird is illustrated p. 79.
$2,000-3,000189.
Stoneware Jar, attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Boston, early 19th
century, two-gallon ovoid jar with open loop handles, brown bands
around the shoulder and base, impressed “BOSTON” on the shoulder,
Albany slip-glazed interior, (imperfections), ht. 12 1/2 in.
$800-1,200190.
Two Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Jugs and a Crock, America,
early to mid-19th century, a three-gallon jug ornamented with a vase of
flowers, impressed maker’s mark, “SOMERSET POTTERS WORKS,”
Somerset, Massachusetts; a two-gallon ovoid jug decorated with a
small flowering vine and incised lines at the shoulder; a cylindrical crock
with lug handles, decorated with a floral spray, impressed maker’s mark
“NEW YORK STONEWARE CO, FORT EDWARD N.Y.,” (imperfections),
ht. 16 1/2, 13, 6 1/4 in., respectively.
$300-500188190191