by Judy Gonyeau So many of us have seen these tiny treasures mounted to a piece of strong paper and displayed on the counters of drug stores, small shops, and even a few gas stations across the U.S. Dogs, ducks, horses, cats, and teeny tiny mice called to many children as precious little items to […]
Tag Archives: Stoneware
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May
May
by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod $3,246 (36 bids, 11 bidders); 1881 Princeton vs. Yale Football Championship Program, Walter Camp. This rare antique “PRINCETON vs. YALE FOOT-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP” program is for a game played in New York on November 24th, 1881. This was one of the last Yale games played by Walter Camp, the man […]
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Jun
Jun
The Rise of Kitchen Glass for Cooking By Rosemary Trietsch The term “Depression Era Glassware” usually evokes images of beautiful table settings in a rainbow of colors. But what very few people realize is that the earliest Depression glass produced was kitchenware and, that this lovely stuff so treasured today, was actually born out of […]
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Jun
Jun
Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Stoneware salt-glazed jar, $74,750, Jeffrey S. Evans Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A 3-gallon stoneware salt-glazed jar, painted in cobalt around 1825 with a federal eagle and attributed to James Miller (active 1797-1827), sold for $74,750 at a sale of the Americana collection of John and Lil […]
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Aug
Aug
E. Suter stoneware pot, $86,250, Jeffrey S. Evans Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auctions from Near & Far By Ken Hall A rare stoneware honey or sugar pot made circa 1851 by Emanuel Suter (Rockingham Cty., Shenandoah Valley, Virginia), signed, sold for $86,250 (a new record price for a Virginia pottery) at an auction of Americana […]