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30-D Maine Antique Digest, March 2015
- AUCTION -
I
t’s no surprise that the market
for Roseville pottery hasn’t
exactly been making sellers
giddy lately, but good pieces will
still draw interest from collec-
tors. Humler & Nolan will test
that market as never before when
it offers more than 1000 pieces
of Roseville from the collection
of Randall Monsen and Rodney
Baer. Monsen authored two vol-
umes of
Collectors’ Compen-
dium of Roseville Pottery.
Said to include extremely rare
and one-of-a-kind pieces, the
Roseville-only sale is slated for
March in Cincinnati by Humler
& Nolan. Gallery director Riley
Humler is anxious to see how the
pottery fares, especially since
many of the better lines will be
represented.
“There’s pretty much a com-
plete collection of Futura,”
Humler said. “The middle period
pieces people love, there’s a ton
of it.”
Nippon
Coraline
vase, irises front and
back, three fleur-de-lis
ornaments in gold over
cobalt blue at the base,
marked and with a 1919
patent date, 14" high,
8¼" flaring rim, cracks
and subsequent repairs
at the rim, Coraline miss-
ing, $2300.
Rookwood pair of castle gate bookends in a rust-colored
Mat glaze, designed by William McDonald, cast in 1930,
5 5/8" high, uncrazed, unobtrusive grinding chip off the
base of one, $1725. The auction house noted that it had
sold only one single castle gate bookend in 25 years.
Rookwood Sea Green
vase, E.T. Hurley,
1898, three fish, 4¾"
high, fine crazing,
$3220.
Magnum paperweight by John
Lotton, four layers of design,
cobalt core, mottled leaves,
double layers of trillium
in pink and white, signed,
1998, 9½" high x 9" diam-
eter, 28 pounds, excellent
condition, $3335. The
catalog noted, “John is no
longer active in produc-
ing glass. His creations are
sought by collectors when
available.”
Rookwood seated nude
statue, Louise Abel design,
cast in 1935, covered with
a white Porcelain glaze,
11¾" high, two small
abrasions, $2070.
Rookwood carved and
painted Mat glaze vase,
Sallie Toohey, 1905, calla
lilies, 13 7/8" high, excel-
lent, $3450.
Rookwood Black Opal
vase, Harriet Wilcox, 1926,
repeating clematis design,
the interior lined in Nubian
black glaze, 10 7/8" high,
uncrazed, $2875.
Valley from a Hillside
by Carl Wuermer (1900-
1981), oil on canvas, snowy landscape of a village
seen through a copse of birch trees, signed, origi-
nal labels, 23¼" x 30½" (sight size) plus original
frame, excellent condition, $3450.
Rookwood Vellum glaze
vase, Carl Schmidt, 1926,
three panels with ships
in a Venetian harbor,
10 5/8" high, uncrazed
and excellent, $5175.
Rookwood Vellum glaze scenic plaque labeled
“National Glacier Park,” Fred Rothenbusch, 1929,
trees and a lake before snow-covered mountains,
7 7/8" x 9 7/8", new frame, plus old frame with orig-
inal label, uncrazed and excellent condition, $5060.
Rookwood Decorated Porce-
lain vase in a special shape,
Lorinda Epply, 1924, birds
in flight among cherries, 15"
high, uncrazed, $6037.50.
Rookwood pair of rooster bookends, Arthur Conant
design, cast in 1933, coromandel glaze, 6 7/8" high,
a glaze nick at the base of one, both with minor stilt
pulls and faint crazing, $3105.
Rookwood Dull Finish
vase, Albert Valentien,
1886, woodbine, 17¾"
high, excellent condi-
tion, $4370.
Rookwood sculptural vase, Anna Val-
entien, 1901, a nude around the rim,
3¼" high x 4¼" wide, uncrazed and
excellent, $2300. The catalog noted,
“The forms were apparently not well
received or were difficult to make so
not many seem to have been produced.”
Rookwood Standard glaze
vase with silver overlay, Mary
Nourse, 1893, crab apple blos-
soms, Gorham floral design,
8½" high, fine overall crazing,
excellent silver, $4140.
Rookwood Iris glaze
vase, Carl Schmidt, 1903,
night-blooming
cereus,
16 5/8" high, drilled on
the bottom and side for
use as a lamp, fine overall
crazing, two tight vertical
cracks, $4945.
Rookwood Vellum
scenic vase, E.T.
Hurley, 1926, trees
and a lake under a
red sky, 12" high,
uncrazed
and
excellent, $5750.