An Unusual Red Earthenware Pitcher that Just Sold at Crocker Farm in Maryland

Crocker Farm just wrapped up another successful sale in Sparks, Maryland, whereas one of the pieces that piqued my interest did not sell for a lot, but my instant reaction when I saw it was whether or not it could be related to various blue and orange glazed red earthenware tiles made at Henry Mercer's Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 

Crocker Farm described the object as an "unusual cobalt decorated redware pitcher with relief decoration and a figural handle, American or European, late 19th century, tankard-form pitcher with relief motif of Romeo and Juliet, the handle hand-modeled in the form of a woman. Surface coated in a cream-colored slip, decorated with cobalt, and covered in a clear lead glaze."

Furthermore, it would seem that the subject of this pitcher and the glaze style is comparable to some of the tiles made in Doylestown in the twentieth century; the pitcher sold for $100 plus the buyer's premium.

For more information - see a cover story I wrote for the August 23, 2024 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, Tiles Made At The Moravian Tile Works In Doylestown, Pa., That Adorn Fireplace Surrounds In York, Maine: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/08/new-published-feature-story-in-antiques.html.

An Unusual Red Earthenware Pitcher that Just Sold at Crocker Farm

Late 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher

Origin and Manufacturer Unknown to Me

Stands 10" Tall

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Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm

A View of the Base

This is How the Back of Some of the Tiles Appear

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Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm

20th Century Blue and Orange Glazed Red Earthenware Tile

Made at the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, PA

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Photo Courtesy: Everson Museum of Art

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