As usual, Crocker Farm sold some outstanding examples of American pottery made all over the country in their most recent online Autumn 2022 sale in Sparks, Maryland, which ended a few days ago, highlighted by a highly important stoneware pitcher with an incised Federal eagle decoration from New York City, dated September 15, 1806. Although, my interest was with a damaged, albeit an exceptional marked tin-glazed red earthenware jar with an elaborate cobalt decoration made at the John Bell (1800-1880) Pottery in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, circa 1840.
The auction house described the jar as, "The refined glaze treatment and exuberant decoration of this jar rank among the very best known in Bell's oeuvre."
Furthermore, I have only seen a few examples of Bell's tin-glazed red earthenware through the years, which typically sell for thousands of dollars, and aside from the condition issues, this is arguably among the best tin-glazed pieces in existence. In fact, the decoration on this jar is very similar to another tin-glazed example that sold through Crocker Farm in March of 2016, which was made by Bell in either Winchester, Virginia or possibly Hagerstown, Maryland, circa 1825.
For more information about John Bell and this type of production - see a three-page article I wrote for the December 7, 2018 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, The Bell Pottery Collection At The Renfrew Museum In Waynesboro, PA.
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An Exceptional 19th Century Tin-Glazed Red Earthenware Jar
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