Catalog: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: American: Pottery (8)

BENNINGTON FLINT-ENAMEL CERAMIC FOOT WARMER, molded with rounded side paneled and having a foliate swag toward the spout, splashes of green flint-enamel on rounded side. Unmarked. Bennington Pottery, Bennington, Vermont. 19th century. (chips)

Literature: A similar example is illustrated in Richard Carter Barrett - Bennington Pottery and Porcelain, p. 127, plate 183 (bottom).

9" H.

Two 1/2 gallon stoneware jugs from Alexandria Virginia, made at the Wilkes Street Pottery by Benedict C. Milburn, circa 1865: One with his stamp and "Alexa" the other with the stamp of the merchant E.J. Miller who had a ceramics shop on lower King Street. Height of each: 8"

Rare Bennington Pottery “General Stark” Toby Pitcher, attributed to Fenton, Lyman & Co., Bennington, Vermont, with Rockingham treacle glaze, minor rim and foot chips. Mid 19th Century.

Height: 6”

Antique American Salt Glazed Crock with leafage decoration. Approximately a half gallon. Circa 1850-70. Unmarked.

Height: 8.25”

Charming Rockingham Ware pitcher in the form of a seated dog. American, circa 1860-80.

Provenance: Eveleth/ Summerford Estate, Washington, D.C.

Height: 8.75”

See: Collectors Guide to Yellow Ware, Book III by Lisa McAllister, page 103 for another example of this pitcher.

Antique Benningtonware covered teapot with moulded decoration of ‘Rebecca at the Well’. American, circa 1880. (minor chips to spout).

Rare Small Yellow Glazed Elephant-form Childs Bank, probably one of the Bennington potteries, American circa 1850.

(The potter had probably never seen an elephant since he gave it a long horse-like tail)

4" x 2.5" tall (minor chips consistent with age)

Rare Rockingham hound handled pitcher with molded scenes of stag and boar hunts and a grapevine design decorating the neck. Attributed to the Salamander Works, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1840-50.

Provenance: Eveleth/Summerford Estate, Washington, D.C.

Height:11.25”