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Both the Davenport sauce tureen and ladle (right) in
a leaf pattern, $5000, and the fruit basket in the same
pattern, $4000, were sold by Marcia Moylan and Jac-
queline Smelkinson of The Spare Room Antiques, Bal-
timore, Maryland.
“
Majesty and Grace,
”
the rarest pair of Victorian Staf-
fordshire dogs, was $11,900 from Lynda Willauer.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mount Crawford,
Virginia, offered books about glass and ceramics
along with glass and ceramics. Abook on glass bud
vases by Patricia Coccoris (not shown) was $60.
Haggerty Ceramics,
Santa Barbara, Cal-
ifornia, asked $2000
for this vase crafted
by James and Linda
Haggerty. James is the
potter and chemist,
and Linda applies the
glaze and fires their
work in a reduction
kiln using eucalyptus
wood to create irides-
cence. They sold more
than 25 pieces for
prices between $400
and $900.
Caroline Cheng,
Prosperity V,
2007, 71" x 71",
porcelain and fabric, $80,000 from Ferrin
Contemporary, Cummington, Massachusetts.
British artist Paul Scott uses transferware to
comment on political and social events.
Wil-
low for Ai Weiwei
is a Willow ware plate with
transfer prints of sunflower seeds, a reference
to the huge pile of porcelain sunflower seeds Ai
Weiwei commissioned to be made at Jingde-
zhen. It was $2800 from Ferrin Contemporary.
Ferrin has placed Scott’s work in a number of
museums.
This medieval pitcher
was the earliest piece
on London dealer
Garry Atkins’s stand.
Made in southwest
England in the 13th
or 14th century, it
is similar to wares
found in Winchester.
It was once buried in
acid soil, which has
degraded the glaze,
but its ornament sur-
vives. Atkins asked
$32,500, and it sold.
English delft charger, London,
1665-75, $32,500 from Garry
Atkins. It sold early at the preview.
This bowl of porcelain vegetables took Bos-
ton artist Katherine Houston three months
to complete. It was $18,000.
Fruits and vegetables for a fireplace mantel, $65,000 from Katherine Houston
of Boston, Massachusetts.
Michelle Erickson of Hampton, Virginia, took an
engraving by Paul Revere called
The Able Doctor
or
America Swallowing the British Draught
and
replaced the faces with Rush Limbaugh forcing
tea down the Statue of Liberty’s mouth, Wayne
LaPierre with a rifle, John Roberts, Ken Cuc-
cinelli, John Boehner, and Rand Paul. Lady
Liberty wears pink tennis shoes, signifying the
tennis shoes worn by Wendy Davis. On the back
it reads “Made in China.” This is the first in a
series. The price is $14,500.
Rare piece of mocha, a tea
caddy with blue, yellow, and
orange designs, $1550 from
Martyn Edgell of Cam-
bridgeshire, England, who
sold some mochaware to
collectors.
Made by Longwy, this Boule Coloniale
Art Deco “Les Baigneuses” vase, circa
1949, number 13 of 150, 10¼" high, was
designed by Jean Olin (1894-1972), a
Polish-Russian artist who immigrated
to France in the early 1900s. It was
$5000 from TOJ Gallery, Annapolis,
Maryland.
Rare creamware squirrel, once
in the Zeitlin collection, $17,000
from A.J. Warren of Warren
Antiques, Wilton, Connecticut.
The extremely rare Bow porcelain
plate reads “Mr. Robert Crowther
Stockport Cheshire January 1770.”
Robert Crowther, whose initials are
also on the front of the plate, was
related to one of the Bow partners.
Only four pieces are known; one is
at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This one was $6500 from Roderick
Jellicoe of London. The rare Isle-
worth teapot sold.
Sara Eigen, a New York specialist
in Aesthetic Movement ceramics,
asked $475 for this Copeland des-
sert plate, 8½" diameter.