A Lot of Red Earthenware that Just Sold at William Smith's in New Hampshire, Including a Slip-Script Decorated Red Earthenware Jug that Previously Sold as Part of the Gilman Collection at Sotheby's

There have been a number of prominent American red earthenware collections sold at auction in the last 40 to 50 years; although, the Howard Gilman Foundation Sale at Christie's Auctions in New York City in January of 2003 and June of 2004 was certainly one of the most competitive. A friend once described the significance of this collection to me: "The Howard Gilman Foundation was a private collecting vehicle of the Gilman Brothers Company, a large privately owned forest products company in Georgia. They had a New York office, where they displayed redware, decoys, and a world-class photography collection, which went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The redware collection was assembled in the 1980s and early-1990s. It was owned by two Gilman brothers and sold in two separate sales at Christies."

Nevertheless, an eighteenth century slip-script decorated red earthenware jug sold earlier this week at William Smith Auctions in Plainfield, New Hampshire. The jug was included in a group lot and was likely English in origin, inscribed in slip with perhaps initials and possibly the year of manufacture "1794;" the lot sold for $1,200 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/180429654_19th-c-redware-7pcs.

Interestingly, this jug had previously sold as part of lot number 96 in the Gilman Sale in June of 2004, along with two nineteenth century slip decorated red earthenware plates most likely from Pennsylvania. This lot sold back then for $3,885, including the buyer's premium.

Note: For more information about the the Howard Gilman Collection - see a story that I posted to this website on May 23, 2018: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2018/05/the-howard-gilman-foundation-collection.html.

A Lot of Red Earthenware that Just Sold in at William Smith's in N.H.

A Lot of Red Earthenware that Just Sold in at William Smith's in N.H.

The Slip-Script Jug Shown to the Bottom Left Originally Sold in the Gilman Collection in N.Y.C.

The Jug Stands 8" Tall

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Photo Courtesy: William Smith Auctions

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