We are very excited to announce that as part of our 20th Anniversary auction, we will be giving away a special commemorative salt-glazed stoneware jar thrown and fired by renowned American stoneware potter Jerry Beaumont and decorated by our very Mark Zipp.
Each winning bidder in our Summer 2024 auction will automatically be entered in a drawing to win this epic creation, one that features a wide variety of decorations drawn from important examples we've been privileged to sell over the last two decades, including:
The "John L. Wessel" New York City 1806 Eagle Pitcher.
The 1817 BOYNTON (Albany, NY) Incised Bird and Fish Cooler.
The Philadelphia Cooler, by Henry H. Remmey, 1828.
The S. BELL (Winchester, Virginia) Horses Crock.
Thomas Commeraw's COERLEARS HOOK Jar that graced the cover of Commeraw's Stoneware.
The M. & T. Miller (Newport, PA) Birdhouse.
The Fort Edward, NY "Frank Prouty" Frog Jug.
The N. CLARK & Co / ROCHESTER, N.Y. Deer Crock.
The 20-Gallon "JAMES McCLURE" Greensboro, PA Jar.
The Anna Pottery Liberty Monument.
We'll draw the name of the lucky recipient of this work of art at the conclusion of the phone bidding session on Saturday, and it will be shipped to them free of charge. (For those interested, the jar measures about 11 1/8" tall.) More photos are available below: