Aside from the remarkable and historically important circa 1828 stoneware jug from Athens, New York, which sold yesterday as part of the Bob and Nancy Skinner Collection (Skinner Auctions) at Eldred's Auction Gallery on Cape Cod in Dennis, Massachusetts, whereas that jug will eventually be making its way to Adam Weitsman's collection at the New York State Museum in Albany, New York, there was also some very good examples of red earthenware sold as part of the Skinner Collection.
I was actually the underbidder on a nineteenth century mottled green glazed red earthenware jar decorated with two colors of slip that had been converted into a lamp at some point in the twentieth century. Although, even though I have not seen this exact form before, I thought the jar was possibly from Western New York and perhaps made at one of the potteries operating in the Bloomfield, New York area before 1835. Furthermore, this jar will also be published in my forthcoming 800-900 page Western New York book, due out sometime in 2024.
Additionally, though, it was not seen all that well in the photos that were posted online, but this jar did have some glaze and slip loss, although a great object, nonetheless. The jar sold for $1,400 plus the buyer's premium.
Some of the other good red earthenware objects found in the sale were mixed in with group lots, whereas one lot included a very nice late eighteenth or nineteenth century red earthenware jug from Bristol County, Massachusetts. The shape of this jug is a classic form and it was decorated with a popular combination of glaze colors found with red earthenware objects made in Bristol County during this period. The lot sold for $4,000 plus the buyer's premium.
Another lot consisted entirely of miniature and small objects; those pieces included a really good small late eighteenth or nineteenth century red earthenware jug, however it was difficult to identify how the glaze actually appeared in-hand from the online photos. But I was really impressed with this object when I handled it during the auction preview earlier this week; the glaze turned out to be a bright mixture of a spotted green and yellow. I also suspect it was probably made in either coastal Massachusetts or southern/central New Hampshire, and it will be illustrated in my forthcoming 603-page New Hampshire book. Nevertheless, the lot sold for $2,600 plus the buyer's premium.
For more information about these lots and the sale in general, here is a link to the auction catalog: https://issuu.com/eldredsauction/docs/the_collection_of_bob_and_nancy_skinner.
Three Good Examples of Red Earthenware From the Skinner Collection
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