Yesterday, a vibrant multicolored red earthenware flowerpot in excellent condition most likely made somewhere in Pennsylvania brought $2,800 plus the auction premium at Briggs Auction in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania. The flowerpot was consigned as part of a private collection of pottery from a local collection.
The manufacturer of this object is unknown to me, although the use of the glaze colors does remind me of some of the red earthenware that was produced in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is located to the northwest of Philadelphia. There were also a number of flowerpots made in Allentown.
However, flowerpots were made throughout eastern Pennsylvania in the 1800s so I cannot say for sure where this object was made. This type of garden pottery became a primary type of production for many potters in the latter part of the 1800s, although I have found that based on archaeological evidence that American potters were producing flowerpots as early as the period that predates the American Revolution.
For more information - see a three-page cover story I wrote for the July 26, 2024 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, A Collection Of Pottery That Descended In The Bach Family Of Allentown, Pa.: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/07/new-published-cover-story-in-antiques.html.
A 19th Century Red Earthenware Flowerpot that Sold Yesterday
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