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The Attraction of Rookwood: An Art Pottery Sale at Toomey & Co

June 21, 2021

by Kate Nixon

The enthusiasm of American art pottery collectors online and otherwise was on hand at a full intensity last Thursday every bit the Keramics & Rookwood: American & European Art Pottery started as the Spring/Summer sale season continues.

The special 412 lot auction featured a variety of works of Rookwood Pottery, many of them early on and important examples. The notable artists who works captured the attending of collectors all over the land this past Th included Maria Longsworth Nichols Storer, Kataro Shirayamadani, Sara Sax, Arthur Conant, and William Hentschel, whose porcelain Mat Moderne vase sold for $twenty,000. The story behind this detail vase, according to the Toomey & Co appraisers, is this particular vase was created during Rookwood'due south 50th anniversary in 1930. During a special kiln opening on Nov 27th where investors and guest could peruse the latest creations, works were stamped with a special ink stamp, showing the number 50. The vase auctioned was i such vase. The rare stamp and stylized lotus design helped to make the vase a popular work to bet on.

Another vase for bid, fabricated by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, is said to take been amidst the earliest works ever made by Rookwood. The earthenware vase with a iii-toed dragon, flying bats and fired-on gold decoration matched with the artist's style, only it has been believed to be created before Rookwood had a marker system, placing the possible cosmos date in the 1880's and made with the company'southward first kiln, unloaded Thanksgiving day in 1880. The rarity of the piece of work combined with the quality shape it's been kept in contributed to the high selling toll of $23,750. A combination Rookwood base of operations with Tiffany Studios "Acorn" shade managed as i would expect, to proceeds enough of attending. The base – itself a bright instance of the floral theme which inspires so many works of the Rookwood name – as well boasted an original Rookwood characterization from the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Buy Exposition, one of several reasons it sold for $25,000. (see all examples below)

The lots of Rookwood upwardly for sale sold often times to both the experienced collector and the offset collector as the business firm's name was known for affordability and high quality works. Several vases sold for a few thousands, which some other high quality vases – admitting smaller examples – sold in the hundreds, making them smashing to start a collection. Other firms that had their day in the spotlight included: Roseville Pottery, Weller Pottery, and the University of North Dakota School of Mines, which all their works sold well and over all estimates.

Concluding calendar week, nosotros picked out a number of items to keep sentinel of. Here's how they sold:

All prices are realized and photos/descriptions are courtesy of Toomey & Co Auctioneers.

Marie de Hoa LeBlanc (1874-1954) for Newcomb Higher Iris vase
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903 (date code Z 47)
high glazed ceramic
impressed NC, W for white clay and incised MHLeB (creative person'south initials)
base of operations also incised JM by the potter, Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848-1931)
Mesures iv one/4″dia x 6 seven/16″h

Estimate $iv,000-vi,000

Sold for: $10,625

Marie A. Seaman for Grueby fine two-color vase with carved trefoil flowers and overlapping leaves
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1903
matte green and yellowish glazed ceramic
impressed factory marks and incised artist'due south initials
Measures 8 1/2″dia x 12 3/4″h

Estimate $fifteen,000-25,000

Sold for: $12,500

Roseville Pottery Co. Imperial Ii floor vase in green, shape number 744-19
Zanesville, Ohio, circa 1924
semi-gloss ceramic
shape number in orange grease pencil
Measures 12 one/2″dia 10 nineteen iii/8″h

Gauge $ii,000-3,000

Sold for $ii,625

Arthur Eugene Baggs (1886-1947) at Ohio State University handthrown ovoid earthenware vase in copper bluish glaze
Columbus, Ohio, 1935
matte glazed ceramic
painted signature and date, handwritten newspaper label "#1 NFS Copper Blue vase Arthur Eastward. Baggs Hughes Hall O.S.U."
Measures 6 3/iv″dia x 10 ane/2″h

Approximate $1,500-ii,500

Sold for $one,875

Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (1849-1932) for Rookwood Pottery earthenware vase with a 3-toed dragon, flying bats and fired-on gold ornament
Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1880
high glazed ceramic
incised "Rookwoob [sic] Pottery Cin Ohio, Yard.50.North"
Measures 12 1/2″dia x 13″h

Catalog annotation: delight visit toomeyco.com for the total history behind this production.

Judge $8,000-12,000

Sold for: $23,750

Kataro Shirayamadani (1865-1948) for Rookwood Pottery / Tiffany Studios table lamp: Acorn shade on a carved base with brightly colored floral decoration, shape number 645Z
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1903 (base); New York, New York (shade)
matte glazed ceramic, leaded slag glass

base with impressed manufactory marks, incised creative person's cypher, original Rookwood characterization from 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Buy Exposition and partial paper label from a retailer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; shade with stamped marks

Measures overall: 14″dia x 21 1/4″h; base just: seven 3/4″dia x 14 1/4″h

Estimate $8,000-12,000

Sold for: $25,000

Sara Sax (1870-1949) for Rookwood Pottery fine porcelain French Red glaze vase with fuchsia ornament, shape number 2191
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922
loftier and matte glazed ceramic
impressed factory marks and artist'southward monogram
Measures 3 5/8″dia ten v 1/8″h

Catalog Notation: please run into toomeyco.com for the history behind this piece.

Judge $v,000-seven,000

Sold for: $ten,625

To encounter all sold prices, please visit Toomey & Co's website by clicking HERE.

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Source: https://artsandcraftscollector.com/collectors-article/the-allure-of-rookwood-an-art-pottery-auction-at-toomey-co/

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