Featured Early American Pitcher?

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  1. Alesia42

    Alesia42 Active Member

    Hello!....This is part of yesterdays haul....I noticed it because of its color and unusual shape...at first glance...it reminded me of a Chinese Moon Vase.....I love the color, the way that it drips and trails down in a darker tone....the relief work of the flower...the incised design on the back.....its approx 17 in ht x 8 in wth......its in relatively good condition with some apparent wear.....there is a signature that I cant quite make out....with what looks like the month of Sept 25? or 28?....the year 1880.....If someone has any knowledge on this type of Early American pottery....please feel free to share your thoughts....... rsz_1early_american_or_european_pitcher_001.jpg rsz_early_american_or_european_pitcher_004.jpg rsz_early_american_or_european_pitcher_006.jpg rsz_1early_american_or_european_pitcher_003.jpg rsz_1early_american_or_european_pitcher_008.jpg rsz_1early_american_or_european_pitcher_002.jpg rsz_1early_american_or_european_pitcher_011.jpg rsz_early_american_or_european_pitcher_014.jpg
     
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  2. Alesia42

    Alesia42 Active Member

    A better pic of the signature..... rsz_early_american_or_european_pitcher_012.jpg
     
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  3. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The second line is PAT Sep 25 1880. Patented. I think above it, the last bit may say &Co.

    Bit of a mix of Westerwald and a Chinese style blue flambe glaze. That blue was a big thing in the late 19th.
     
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  4. Alesia42

    Alesia42 Active Member

    Thanks!....I am going to try and find out what the resale value is
     
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  5. JB Miller

    JB Miller Well-Known Member

    It was made by T. J. Wheatley & Co., Cincinnati, OH.
     
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  7. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Wow! Those Victorians certainly were bold style "mixologists". Let's throw in a little Japonisme Aesthetic Movement for good measure.
     
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    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    It's a mad thing.
     
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  10. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member


    Wheatley did some wonderful pieces, there's one in our local Morse musem that I've often admired, reminiscent of Palissey ware.

    The patent, #232791, issued Sep. 28, 1880, was for a glaze technique.

    ~Cheryl
     
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  11. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Oh, I love that.

    Glaze patent makes sense. As I said, it's very like the British flambe blues - Minton did a fabulous one.
     
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  13. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member


    Thought you might - it's one of those pieces that makes you want to touch it, but the museum frowns on that. The majority of the Morse is related to Louis Comfort Tiffany - pretty much everything there begs to be touched. A lovely place, close to my house, my Mom liked to go there Friday evenings, free admission and often a chamber group playing (great gift shop, too)...

    ~Cheryl
     
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  14. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    It looks like a vase brought up from a wreck. The shells are superb and I love the lizard.
     
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  15. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

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  16. Alesia42

    Alesia42 Active Member

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  17. Alesia42

    Alesia42 Active Member

    It was just sitting up on the top shelf at the Thrift store....I was walking by and happened to look up....and there it was.....I couldn't leave it
     
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