As I noted in one of yesterday's posts, Pook & Pook in Downington, Pennsylvania is selling the Kindig family's antiques collection this week in a two-part sale, a noted family of antiques dealers from Pennsylvania, which the auction house is calling "100-Years: The Kindig Collection. According to Pook & Pook, "Joseph Kindig, Jr. opened his first shop in 1925, coinciding with the antique craze that swept America in the 1920s. Over his career, he guided Colonial Williamsburg, Winterthur, Bayou Bend, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others in the acquisition of masterpieces. In 1947 Joe Kindig III joined his father’s business. In 1994, Joe III was joined by his own daughter, Jenifer, and the family business flourished into the 21st century, whereas this collection honors the Kindig Legacy and its century of scholarship, stewardship and masterpieces."
Aside from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century sgraffito decorated red earthenware from Pennsylvania that I wrote about yesterday - there were other objects of noted interest in today's sale. They included a very unusual eighteenth or early nineteenth century black-glazed object described as a "crocus vase." I have never seen the form before, although the ribbing along the mid-section of the small pots is found with red earthenware recovered from eighteenth century archaeological contexts in Philadelphia, although the style may have also been produced into the early 1800s and possibly in other parts of southeastern Pennsylvania, as well. I also suspect the shape may have been inspired after English or European design.
But the object did have some condition issues, although the rare vase sold for $2,560 including the buyer's premium.
Note: Has anyone reading this post seen this from before from an American manufacturer or an artifact recovered from an archaeological context?
Update - Here is a link to a story about a related object: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/02/a-follow-up-to-object-that-sold-in.html.
This nineteenth century red earthenware spaniel retained a letter from noted pioneer antiques dealer Asher Odenwelder Jr., stating, "Made in Shumakersville - about 5 miles this side of Hamburg. Made before 1800 by grandfather of man from whom purchased." Interestingly, there is a nineteenth century red earthenware vase owned by Winterther Museum in Delaware with this same attribution, as well as a matching pair of spaniels that are attributed to Shumakersville that are privately owned in Pennsylvania. This dog sold for $2,375 including the buyer's premium.
Note: For the rest of the pottery in today's sale - here is a link to the auction catalog: https://live.pookandpook.com/auctions/pook/100-years-the-kindig-collection---session-two-14050/catalog?page=5#stl-5746114.
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