Strawser Auction Group – 3 Day Antique Auction
May 27 & 28, 2022 – Fri. Starting @ 3pm. Sat starting @ 9am
Strawser Auctions/Dry Dock Storage Facility
106 E. Dutch Street, Wolcottville, Indiana
info@strawserauctions.com
260-854-2859

WOLCOTTVILLE, IND. — A three-day, semiannual antiques auction packed with more than 1,800 lots, including furniture, silver, estate jewelry, fine art, lighting, glass, porcelain, majolica and more will be conducted May 25, 27 and 28 by Strawser Auction Group, live in the gallery, as well as online through LiveAuctioneers.com.

Things will kick off Day 1, Wednesday, May 25, beginning promptly at 3 pm Eastern time, with 627 lots of jewelry, bronzes, furniture, lighting, toys, art and more. “The jewelry came out of a wealthy estate in Chicago and is unequaled in terms of quality,” said Michael Strawser, the president of Strawser Auction Group and the founder of the Majolica International Society.

A multi-diamond drop pendant displayed on a 14K white gold 18-inch wheat chain features three diamonds totaling more than 12 carats: a 2.0-carat round brilliant cut diamond set around 18 round brilliant cut diamonds; a 0.85-carat round brilliant cut diamond surrounded by a halo of diamonds; and a pear-shaped, 8.6-carat main diamond ($20/40,000).

Action will pick up again on Day 2, Friday, May 27, at 3 pm Eastern, with a large selection of glassware such as Fenton, carnival glass, art glass and other glassware, as well as ceramics, including 175 majolica and porcelain oyster plates, art pottery and other pieces. In all, nearly 650 lots will come up for bid.

The Day 2 star lot promises to be a rare Thomas Downing (1791-1866) cylindrical oyster jar with blue decorated lettering, impressed with “T. Downing / Pickled Oysters / No. 5 Broad St. / New York,” 8 inches tall ($3/5,000). Downing was an African American oysterman who owned New York City’s most famous oyster house.

Day 3, on Saturday, May 28, starting at 8 am Eastern, will contain what Strawser described as “one of the finest selections of majolica we’ve have had in some time, to include the Betsy and Rick Porter collection, which has many rare and important majolica pieces by such makers as Minton, George Jones and others.” Day 3 will feature 560 lots.

The premier lot of Day 3, and of the auction overall, is a monumental majolica boar’s head tureen with matching fitted tray, no. 2141, 22 inches long, 15 inches wide and 11½ inches tall ($40/60,000). “This is the rarest of all Minton majolica game tureens,” Strawser said. “An example is in the MAAS Powerhouse Museum in Australia.”

Several other Day 3 majolica figures could easily land in the overall list of top earners. For example, two teapots on offer were purchased from the Marilyn Karmason collection in 2005. Karmason was the author of Majolica, A Complete History & Illustrated Survey, a definitive reference guide on majolica.

A Minton majolica teapot is in the form of a vulture attacking a snake, the vulture with a pink neck, brown feathers with black wing tips on rock mound base, the rarest of Minton’s figural majolica teapots ($30/40,000). A Minton majolica “Flat Iron” cobalt teapot depicting a large white cat on handle peering down at a mouse with a carrot rests on base decorated with three mice on each side ($20/30,000).

Other noteworthy Day 3 majolica offerings will include a Minton majolica cheese keeper modeled as a yellow straw beehive with trailing blackberries, branch handle, square base with branch feet, 13½ inches tall ($15/20,000); and a Minton majolica figure of Europa riding a bull, circa 1860, 18 inches tall, the only known example ($8/12,000). A similar one was exhibited at the London International Exposition in 1862.

Also up for bid on Day 3 is a rare Charles Jean Avisseau Palissy grotto modeled as a forest floor scene depicting a large lizard, a salamander and a beetle, climbing rocks around a water hole, 11 inches wide ($6/9,000).

Returning to Day 1, a lady’s tanzanite and diamond ring featuring one 3.50-carat tanzanite gemstone with a diamond halo consisting of ten .12-carat round brilliant cut diamonds and 31 .15-carat tapered baguette cut diamonds, (F-G color, VS clarity), having a total carat weight of 5.85cttw, crafted in platinum, should bring $4/8,000.

Strawser’s gallery is at 106 East Dutch Street. For information, 260-854-2859, 260-336-2204 or www.strawserauctions.com.

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 AT 3:00PM
FURNITURE – SILVER – JEWELRY – ART – LIGHTING – TOYS – ANTIQUES
FURNITURE: Black Forest bear hall tree; corner cabinet; step back cupboards; oak kitchen cabinet; oak file cabinet; oak lawyer’s bookcase with desk; several general store counter top display cases, some with advertising; oak ice box; commode; dressers; robe beds; wicker desk; oak hall tree; pine wardrobe; blanket chest; oak secretary bookcase; SILVER: flatware sets and other sterling items; ESTATE JEWELRY: platinum necklace with 7ct pear shaped diamond; sapphire and diamond dinner ring; diamond dinner rings; large selection of gold and sterling jewelry; Bakelite jewelry; southwest silver/turquoise jewelry; costume jewelry; pocket watches; gold wrist watches; hat pins; lady’s beaded and mesh purses; antique buttons; ART & BRONZES: large selection oil paintings; water colors; maps; bronzes; marble sculpture; carved wooden figures; carved wooden duck decoys; LIGHTING: large selection of leaded and panel glass table and hanging lamps; Earhart parachute lamp; oil lamps; angle hanging lamp; motion lamps; lamp shades; TOYS: German Bassett-Lowke train engine/tender; Lionel train set; Lehmann NuNu tin windup; cast iron cars and trucks; wind-up toys; dolls; Steiff pheasant & teddy bears; mechanical banks; Southwest Indian blanket; quilts; Putnam Dyes cabinet; ephemera; War Bond posters; Christmas figural light bulbs; bellsnickel; Christmas tree stands; stained glass windows; Orion slot machine; musical instruments – violins, guitars (Fender), saxophones, trumpets, trombone, clarinet, accordion and more; Edison cylinder phonograph; bird cage; clocks-regulator, banjo, kitchen,
shelf and mantle clocks; coffee grinders; canons; cast iron Elks Lodge elk head; cast iron dog door stop; Odd Fellows Lodge items
DAY 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 27 AT 3:00PM
FENTON – GLASS – POTTERY – PORCELAIN- STONEWARE – OYSTER PLATES
400+/- Fenton glass including 23 epergnes; carnival glass; Greentown; Fostoria; art glass; Mosier; Victorian glass pickle castors; silver overlay perfume bottles, vases & decanters; cut glass; candle lusters; Phoenix Consolidated glass; paperweights; Baccarat & Waterford; jadeite; Roseville; Weller; VanBriggle; Rookwood; Hull; Staffordshire; Bennington dog door stop, book flasks, figural bottles and more; sets of china; Rose Medallion; large Sevres floor urn; large Austrian floor urn; Austrian beehive lady charger and nude plate; Meissen pair of candelabras and large tray; game plates; Boehm birds; Hummels; Royal Doulton; Royal Bayreuth; German figural bottle collection; Mettlach and Villeroy & Boch collection of steins and wall plaques; stick spatterware; salt glaze stoneware crocks, jars, churns, jugs and pitchers with blue marks; OYSTER PLATES: 200+/- including a fine
selection of majolica by George Jones, Minton, Holdcroft, Wedgwood and more, UPW, Satsuma; Haviland; Limoges and more
DAY 3 – SATURDAY, MAY 28 STARTING AT 9:00AM
MAJOLICA – THE COLLECTION OF BETSY & RICK PORTER AND OTHERS
MINTON: RARE boar’s head tureen; Vulture and Snake teapot; Flatiron teapot with cat and mouse; other Minton teapots – Spikey Fish, Tortoise, Monkey & Cockerel, Chinaman, Monkey, Mushroom tea set with tray; Minton beehive cheese keeper; cat pitcher; jugs; Europa with bull figure, Falconer, monumental mermaid and shell jardiniere; jardinieres, garden seats, lobster tureen, gun dog tureen, cherub & dolphin fountain and more; GEORGE JONES: picket fence cobalt and turquoise cheese keepers; king fisher cheese keeper and others; rooster teapot, monkey handled teapot, strawberry servers; chestnut leaf jug, fox & hound smoking set, Punch punch bowl; rabbit match holder; deer paperweight; game dishes and more; Wedgwood monkey compote, rare rabbit game dish and others; Copeland Sloth & Mischief; Massier bull; PALLISYWARE: the finest selection of Palissy we have ever had to include Avisseau, Renoleau, Landais, Sergent, Maurice, Cunha, Mafra and other including wall plaques, covered jars, figurals and
more, majolica humidors and match strikers; majolica plates, platters, pitchers and much more.
Auction Conducted By: STRAWSER AUCTIONS
AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Items from many estates and private collections. All items are fresh to the market. Don’t miss this auction. TERMS: Cash, check, MC & VISA (3% credit card fee), 10% buyer’s premium.
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