This was a good find a few days ago at the outdoor antique market in Madison-Bouckville, New York, whereas this is a very early dated stoneware vase made by Guy Daugherty (1879-1958) at the Roadside Craftsmen in East Bloomfield, New York.
The base is inscribed “R.C.” and “G.D.” as well as dated 1937, which is also around the time this company was established. The vase is also stamped in ink “Hand Made By Roadside Craftsmen.” All of this information on a vase from East Bloomfield is a first for me! Daugherty also worked as a potter in Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, where he is probably best known today for the face jugs that he produced in Bethune, South Carolina about 1950. The dealer told me that he recently found the 6 1/4 inch tall vase locally in central New York.
Additionally, The Roadside Craftsmen was opened in the early 1930s by Clarence Wemett (1885-1961) as a place to make and sell novelty items. Homer Bullock (1888-1957) was hired in 1934 as a wood craftsmen. Guy Daugherty (1879-1958) was the potter (but there may have been others) and a weaver and metal worker were also involved with the business.
According to New York archaeologist and museum specialist George Hamell, "There was a southern potter, Guy Daugherty, an itinerant potter from Denton Texas, having started his pottery career in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and later worked in the summer months during the Great Depression and in the early years after World Word II in making pottery in East Bloomfield.”
Daughterty's southern pottery heritage is reflected in the lip treatment on some of the small pitchers he made here, although he did produce some larger pitchers and vases, among other forms. He also fired his wares in a groundhog kiln. Interestingly, he perhaps knew of the earlier red earthenware heritage in the Town of Bloomfield - he often used a red-firing clay, and much of his production is covered in a glaze strikingly similar to that found on a lot of the wares made in West Bloomfield around the mid-1800s (as well as some of the wares made in Morganville, New York).
20th Century Stoneware Vase Made by Guy Daugherty (1879-1958)
Made at the Roadside Craftsmen in East Bloomfield, New York
Recently Discovered in Central New York
The Base is Marked “R.C.” and “G.D.” as Well as Dated 1937
This is the Earliest Dated Piece of Pottery that I Have Seen from the Roadside Craftsmen
The Base is also Marked in Ink “Hand Made By Roadside Craftsmen”
Stands 6 1/4" Tall
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Another View of the Vase
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The Base is Marked “R.C.” and “G.D.” as Well as Dated 1937
The Base is also Marked in Ink “Hand Made By Roadside Craftsmen”
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As an added bonus, I also found this Chinese inspired twentieth century red earthenware vase on my way home in a shop located to the south of Albany, New York. The vase is marked on the base with the second North State Pottery mark from Sanford, North Carolina, circa 1925-1939. The North Carolina Pottery Center also owns a similar vase adorned in a pinkish colored glaze.
20th Century Red Earthenware Vase Made in Sanford, North Carolina
Marked with the Second Mark from the North State Pottery
Found Near Albany, New York
Stands 5" Tall and 6 1/2" Wide
Circa 1925-1939
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