An Earthenware Jar Attributed to the William Eby Pottery in Ontario that Just Sold at Crocker Farm in Maryland

Earlier this year, I wrote about the John Wine Collection that sold at Miller & Miller Auctions in New Hamburg, Ontario. The collection featured some excellent earthenware objects attributed to the William Eby (1831-1910) Pottery in Conestoga, Ontario, circa 1855-1907. Although, these objects are not necessarily the norm for Eby, seeing that they were manufactured from a white earthenware clay rather than the more common red earthenware clay that Eby is known for today. But I suspect that artifacts collected by archaeologists at the site of the Eby Pottery in the 1960s would reveal that Eby actually worked with two types of clays, an aspect of production that was not common, but not necessarily uncommon during this period, either with potters in America and Canada.

The Eby Pottery archaeology is kept today at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. It would be great to study this material extensively; an archaeology report was published by the museum in 1971, but these reports usually only include a percentage of what was recovered, especially at a large intact potter's site with a lot of archaeology.

Interestingly, the Eby products that sold at Miller & Miller include a three color cup, as well as a three color cup and saucer. Each of these objects is decorated with a motif referred to by collectors today as "cherries," a style of decoration identified on some red earthenware plates known from the Eby Pottery.

However, I was thrilled last night to win this wonderful nineteenth century lidded earthenware jar attributed to the Eby Pottery, which sold as part of Crocker Farm's online auction in Sparks, Maryland. I was unsuccessful in trying to buy the cup and saucer that sold a few months ago in Ontario, but I am very happy with this piece. I can see a clear connection between the aesthetic decoration found on this jar and the objects that sold Miller & Miller, where each piece is adorned in a spotted green decoration. I have not seen this exact type of green decoration anywhere else, especially on American pottery. Each of these pieces is also decorated with three glaze colors and is manufactured from of the same type of white earthenware clay.

A Group of Objects Attributed to the William Eby Pottery in Conestoga, Ontario

19th Century Earthenware Jar Made in Ontario, Canada

Attributed to the William Eby Pottery in Conestoga, ON

Circa 1855-1907

Stands 6 1/2" Tall

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Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm Auctions of American Redware and Stoneware

19th Century Earthenware Cup

Attributed to William Eby Pottery in Conestogo, Ontario

Circa 1855-1907

Stands 2 1/4" Tall

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 Photo Courtesy: Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.

19th Century Earthenware Cup & Saucer

Attributed to William Eby Pottery in Conestogo, Ontario

Circa 1855-1907

Cup Stands 3 1/4" Tall

Saucer Measures 4 3/4" in Diameter

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 Photo Courtesy: Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.

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