Crocker Farm – Summer Stoneware and Redware Auction
JULY 25TH TO AUGUST 4TH
OVER 450 Lots INCLUDING THE West Troy Pottery Town Scene Barrel SaNE
THE NATIONS PREMIER STONEWARE & REDWARE AUCTION HOUSE
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(RIGHT) HIGHLY IMPORTANT TWENTY-GALLON STONEWARE BARREL WITH ExTRAVAGANT COBALT DECORATION OF A TOWN SCENE ON THE WATER, STAMPED TWICE ”WEST TROY/ POT TERY,” CIRCA 1875. GRAND IN SIZE AND OVER-THE-TOP IN ITS SLIP-TRAILED COBALT DECORATION, THIS WORK DEPICTS A THREE-STEEPLED BUILDING CAPPED BY A FIAG, A SMALLER HOUSE WITH INCISED ARROW WEATHERVANE, SPLIT-RAIL FENCES, NUMEROUS TREES AND SHRUBS WITH SPONGED FOLIAGE, AND A BODY OF WATER WITH SAILBOAT. THOUGH EXECUTED IN COBALT SLIP ON FIRED CIAY, THE DECORATION MAY BE INSPIRED BY HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL OIL PAINTINGS OF THE SAME PERIOD AND REGION. H 23″
(LEFT) ExTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT Two-GALLON STONEWARE JAR WITH INCISED FLORAL DECORATION, STAMPED “COERLEARS HOOK” AND “N. YORK,” THOMAS COMMERAW, CORLEARS HooK, MANHATTAN, NY, CIRCA 1797. ILLUSTRATED ON THE COVER OF CoMMERA w’s STONEWARE: THE LIFE AND WoRK OF THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN POTTERY OWNER BY A. BRANDT ZIPP PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2022. H 11 1/2”.