A small group of red earthenware from the collection/inventory of New Hampshire antiques dealer John Rogers sold yesterday at William Smith Auctions in Plainfield, New Hampshire. The highlight of the collection was an eighteenth century sgraffito decorated red earthenware plate, dated "1789," which was made in the style of some wares produced by Conrad Mumbouer (1761-1845) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Although, the style of the scratch decoration is not as well executed as some of the early nineteenth century sgraffito decorated wares attributed to Mumbouer, that are displayed at such museums today as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Winterthur in Delaware and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. At the least, I suspect this plate was made in southeastern Pennsylvania; it sold for $7,500 plus the auction premium.
Another object of interest was a slip-decorated red earthenware loaf dish, likely dating from late 1790s to the early 1800s that I believe was made by Absalom Day (1770-1843) in Norwalk, Connecticut. The dish last sold in June 2022 for $1,100 plus the auction premium at New England Auctions in Branford, Connecticut, although it did very well yesterday, selling for $2,100 plus the auction premium.
Furthermore, a second slip decorated red earthenware plate or charger also sold that featured two different colors of slip, whereas the technique of the slip was slightly similar to styles made by Day and perhaps John Betts Gregory (1782-1842) in Norwalk, but this type of slip has also been recovered from archaeological contexts in Manhattan, and may have also been produced on Long Island. That plate sold for $1,500 plus the auction premium; it previously sold at Skinner in August 2019 and was once owned by Massachusetts antiques dealer Sam Herrup.
The sale also featured a giant nineteenth century red earthenware butter crock made at the John Bell (1800-1880) Pottery in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania; it sold for $950 plus the auction premium, however it previously sold at Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in the Summer of 2020.
For more information about the John Bell Pottery - I suggest a cover story I wrote for the December 7, 2018 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, The Bell Pottery Collection At The Renfrew Museum in Waynesboro, Pa.
Red Earthenware Sold Yesterday at William Smith Auctions in N.H.
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WHAT WAS THE HAMMER PRICE?
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