North Carolina Stoneware & Redware Auction Highlights

$132,000

Alamance County, North Carolina Redware Sugar Jar, Loy / Albright Families, late 18th century

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: ALAMANCE COUNTY REDWARE

11-10-2023

$59,000

Stoneware Storefront Devil Face Jug, Stamped "Brown Pottery / Arden, N C / Hand-Made", Davis P. Brown, c1941

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: NORTH CAROLINA STONEWARE

07-22-2017

$59,000

Alamance County, NC Redware Sugar Jar

10-28-2017

$48,000

Moravian Pottery Turtle Flask, Salem, North Carolina

04-05-2024

$45,000

Moravian Redware Turtle Bottle w/ Copper Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

03-31-2023

$45,000

Alamance County, NC Redware Sugar Jar, c1790-1820

04-05-2024

$41,300

Extremely Rare GURDON ROBINS / FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Stoneware Jug by Edward Webster, 1820-21

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: 19TH CENTURY NC STONEWARE

11-03-2018

$39,000

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Eagle Flask, Salem, NC, c1819-1830

07-26-2024

$35,650

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Sugar Jar, c1800

07-19-2014

$34,800

Redware Dish attributed to Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1825-1840

04-09-2021

$33,600

Alamance County, NC Redware Pitcher by the Loy / Albright Families

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NC PITCHER

03-21-2020

$31,200

Copper-Glazed Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, Salem, NC, 1801-29

08-05-2022

$30,000

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle with Copper Glaze, Salem, NC origin, circa 1801-1829

08-05-2022

$30,000

Small-Sized Moravian Redware Fish Bottle w/ Copper Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

03-31-2023

$28,800

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, North Carolina, origin

04-08-2022

$28,750

Jacob Albright, Jr. and Henry Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1790-1810 Redware Sugar Jar

03-19-2016

$24,000

Attrib. Heinrich Schaffner, Salem, North Carolina Redware Flowerpot

08-05-2022

$23,000

Moravian (Salem, NC) Earthenware Fish Flask / Bottle

11-02-2013

$22,420

Loy or Albright Families, Alamance County, NC Redware Dish

10-26-2019

$20,400

"Solomon / Loy / Refined / Stone Ware / 1855" Stoneware Jar (Alamance County, NC)

11-19-2021

$20,400

Gurdon Robins / & Co. / Fayetteville, NC Stoneware Jug by Edward Webster, c1819-20

11-10-2023

$19,200

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1801-1829

08-21-2020

$19,200

EDWARD WEBSTER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Stoneware Jug, c1824-38

03-31-2023

$18,880

Moravian Redware Ring Bottle, Salem, NC, circa 1800

03-25-2017

$18,400

Moravian Redware Bear Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1810-30

03-19-2016

$17,700

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, North Carolina origin, c1801-1829

07-22-2017

$16,800

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Owl Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1804-1820

07-26-2024

$16,520

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Pitcher

07-21-2018

$15,600

Redware Dish w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration, attrib. Jacob Weaver II, Lincoln County, NC, circa 1820-1840

04-08-2022

$15,525

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

01-30-2010

$15,525

"Henry Watkins / 1852," Guilford or Randolph County, North Carolina Redware Jar

03-03-2012

$15,340

Alamance County, NC Redware Dish w/ Elaborate Two-Color Slip Decoration

10-28-2017

$14,160

Moravian Redware Lady Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze, Salem, NC, circa 1806-1830

10-28-2017

$13,800

Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds, probably Webster School, Randolph County, NC

05-19-2007

$12,980

Moravian Redware Dish, Bethabara or Salem, North Carolina, c1780-1810

07-22-2017

$12,980

S. LOY (Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC) Blue-Decorated Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar

10-28-2017

$12,980

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jug

07-21-2018

$11,800

Daniel Seagle, Vale, NC Sixteen-Gallon Four-Handled Stoneware Jar with Alkaline Glaze

07-21-2018

$11,400

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Stoneware Pitcher with Bird, Floral and Potted Plant Motifs, circa 1875

12-04-2020

$11,400

Slip-Decorated Redware Mug, probably Alamance County, NC, late 18th / early 19th century

08-05-2022

$11,400

Moravian Manganese-Glazed Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1801-1829

07-26-2024

$11,210

Outstanding Redware Bowl with Elaborate Three-Color Slip Decoration, attrib. Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1825-40

11-03-2018

$11,210

Monumental Stoneware Jar attrib. C.B. Masten at the Auman Pottery, Seagrove, NC, circa 1928-1936

07-20-2019

$10,800

Moravian Redware Bowl with Three-Color Glaze, NC origin, Salem, Bethabara, or Mt. Shepherd Potteries, late 18th or early 19th century

08-21-2020

$10,800

Ten-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "D S," Daniel Seagle, Lincoln County, NC, circa 1840

08-05-2022

$10,200

Very Rare North Carolina Redware Dish w/ Spiraling Slip Decoration

03-31-2023

$10,200

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Incised Bird Jar

11-10-2023

$10,200

Attrib. Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Stoneware Sugar Bowl w/ Incised Heron Design, c1855

04-05-2024

$10,200

Moravian Redware Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze, Salem, NC origin, late 18th or early 19th century

07-26-2024

$10,005

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Stoneware Jug, Six-Gallon

01-30-2010

$9,775

Moravian Redware Bear Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

01-30-2010

$9,600

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC 1877 Lidded Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Bird and Fish Motifs

03-31-2023

$9,600

J.A.C. (John A. Craven, Randolph County, North Carolina) Stoneware Jug

03-31-2023

$9,600

Moravian Manganese-Glazed Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC

11-10-2023

$9,200

Diminutive North Carolina Redware Dish with Brown and Cream Slip Spotted Decoration

10-29-2011

$9,000

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC, Incised Bird Jug

11-19-2021

$9,000

Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Miniature Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds

03-31-2023

$9,000

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle w/ Whieldon-Type Glaze, Salem, NC

03-31-2023

$9,000

Moravian Redware Chicken Caster w/ Whieldon-Type Glaze, Salem, NC

11-10-2023

$8,913

Moravian Redware Turtle Bottle, Salem, North Carolina

07-16-2016

$8,625

Alamance County, North Carolina Redware Mug

10-25-2014

$8,260

Painted Stoneware Face Jug with Bail Handle, North Wilkesboro, NC origin, circa 1925

03-24-2018

$8,050

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Jug, late 18th / early 19th century

03-14-2015

$7,800

1853 Stoneware Sugar Bowl, attributed to the Craven Family, Randolph or Moore County, NC

11-19-2021

$7,800

Chester Webster, Randolph County, North Carolina 1879 Jug

04-08-2022

$7,800

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Chicken Caster, Salem, North Carolina

08-05-2022

$7,800

Moravian Copper-Glazed Redware Chicken Caster, Salem, NC, c1810-1830

07-26-2024

$7,705

Daniel Hartsoe, Lincoln County, NC Stoneware Jug, Three-Gallon

01-30-2010

$7,475

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1804-29

10-25-2014

$7,200

J.A.C (John A. Craven, Randolph County, NC) Stoneware Jug

11-10-2023

$7,080

Henry Watkins, Randolph or Guilford County, NC, circa 1820-1850 Redware Dish

03-23-2019

$6,600

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle with Whieldon-Type Glaze, Salem, NC, c1801-1829.

11-18-2022

$6,490

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Five-Gallon Stoneware Jug, Stamped D S

07-22-2017

$6,325

Moravian Redware Pottery Squirrel Bottle, Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1804-29

07-19-2014

$6,325

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1804-1829

03-19-2016

$6,210

Chester Webster, Randolph Co, NC Stoneware Incised Flower Jug

11-01-2008

$6,000

Attrib. Nathan Dicks, Randolph County, North Carolina Redware Pitcher

04-09-2021

$5,900

Redware Bowl attrib. Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1825-40

03-25-2017

$5,900

North Carolina Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jar, Impressed JCM, possibly Daniel Seagle, Lincoln County, NC

07-22-2017

$5,900

Slip-Decorated Redware Bowl, possibly North Carolina, late 18th or early 19th century

10-28-2017

$5,900

B. B. CRAIG / VALE, NC Blue Stoneware Face Jug

07-20-2019

$5,400

North Carolina Stoneware Pitcher w/ Profuse Cobalt Stripe Decoration

11-18-2022

$5,310

Very Rare Alamance County, NC Redware Bowl, circa 1820-40

03-23-2019

$5,100

Hilton Pottery, Marion, North Carolina Face Jug, circa 1935

04-08-2022

$5,100

Twelve-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "DS*," Daniel Seagle, Lincoln County, NC, c1840

08-05-2022

$5,060

Pair of Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottles, Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

10-25-2014

$4,945

Wilkesboro, North Carolina Pottery Face Jug

05-19-2007

$4,720

Open-Handled Redware Sugar Pot with Two-Color-Slip Spot Decoration, attributed to Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1800-30

11-03-2018

$4,255

Eight-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar Stamped "D S", Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC

01-30-2010

$4,200

T.W. CRAVEN (Thomas Wesley Craven, 1829-1858) Stoneware Jar w/ 1854 and Impressed Federal Eagle, Randolph or Moore County, NC

08-21-2020

$4,080

O. Henry Pottery (Evan Javan Brown, Sr., Valdese, NC) Stoneware Face Jug

03-21-2020

$3,900

Diminutive Moravian Redware Rundlet w/ Copper Glaze, Salem, North Carolina, early 19th century

08-05-2022

$3,900

T.W. CRAVEN (Thomas Wesley Craven, 1829-1858), Randolph County, NC Ten-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug

08-05-2022

$3,835

Moravian Redware Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

03-24-2018

$3,738

Slip-Decorated Redware Ring Jug, possibly North Carolina

07-20-2013

$3,600

BROWN POTTERY (Arden, NC, circa 1930) Stoneware Face Jug

08-05-2022

$3,540

"D S" (Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC) Stoneware Jug, c1840

07-22-2017

$3,480

Moravian Manganese-Glazed Redware Flask, Salem, NC origin, late 18th or early 19th century

07-26-2024

$3,422

"2 / gay", Isaac Gay, Union County, NC Stoneware Jug

03-25-2017

$3,220

Small Redware Mug, possibly Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC

07-16-2016

$3,000

Glazed Earthenware Flask, possibly Salem, North Carolina

08-05-2022

$3,000

Moravian Multi-Glazed Redware Squirrel Bottle attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

11-10-2023

$2,990

"D H" (Daniel Hartsoe, Lincoln County, NC) Alkaline-Glazed Jug

01-30-2010

From the strikingly beautiful earthenware of the Alamance County and Salem potters to the renowned salt-glazed stoneware made by Chester Webster, Solomon Loy and so many others, North Carolina's pottery industry--still very much alive today--is one of our nation's richest and most celebrated.