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VOL. 44, NO. 28 FRIDAY JULY 12, 2013
NEW AUCTION RECORD FOR VIRGINIA POTTERY Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Sells Emanuel Suter Stoneware Pot For Record $86,250 rare stoneware honey or one-man, part-time pottery shop on sugar pot by Emanuel his farm west of Harrisonburg Suter from the collection before the Civil War to establishing of Rudolph Evers sold for a the Harrisonburg Steam Pottery in record-breaking price of $86,250 1891, which employed over 20 at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ workmen. For more information on auction of Americana & Fine Suter, see “A Great Deal of Stone Antiques on June 22 in Mount & Earthen Ware-The Rockingham Crawford, Va. The price estab- County, Virginia School of Folk lished a new auction record for Pottery,” by Jeffrey S. Evans and Virginia pottery. The pot bears a Scott Hamilton Suter. The previous record of $82,250 stenciled mark, “Emanuel Suter,” known on this and only two other for Virginia pottery was held by the examples. Emanuel Suter (1833- Anthony Bacher redware figure of 1902) is widely recognized as the a goat sold through Sotheby’s in preeminent Mennonite potter of 1995 as part of the Dr. Henry the American South during the Deyerle collection. It is now in the second half of the nineteenth American Folk Museum. The Suter pot was purchased by private colcentury. The compressed ovoid form, lectors from Maryland who have often referred to as a “squat pot,” ties to the Shenandoah Valley. It had brushed cobalt decoration was a shocking price, according to along with the stenciled name. many within the fraternity of According to Evans, it was likely American pottery collectors and made by Suter while he appren- dealers who did not expect the ticed with John D. Heatwole at Dry River in Rockingham County, Va., circa 1851. It measured 5” high with a 4” diameter at base and was in excellent condition with very light chipping to the handles and minor wear to decoration. Suter embraced This modern mechanWythe County, Valley of ics and industriVirginia paint-decorated blanket chest, dated 1802, sold for $34,500 to alization. He progressed from operating a local private collectors.
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A rare Frederick County, Va., fraktur, one of six known by the same hand, sold for $29,900 to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
price to be anywhere near The what it was. Emanuel Yet, the Sutor (1833-1902) market stoneware pot set a dictated new auction record the pot for Virginia pottery, to have selling to private the merits collectors for to bring $86,250. what it did. There were other strong prices achieved during the auction. A Wythe County, Valley of Virginia, paint-decorated blanket chest sold to local private collectors for $34,500. A rare coin-silver covered fruit bowl with elaborate Rococo Revival repousse decoration, marked for retailers Mitchell & Tyler of Richmond, Va., and maker Peter L. Krider of Philadelphia, that descended in the Dooley family of Richmond, sold to a Virginia institution for $31,050 against an estimate of $5,000$8,000. Purchases by the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley included an extremely rare Frederick County, Va., fraktur, one of only six known by the same hand. This example, featuring a spreadwing eagle and two heartform leaves, was a death record for Mary E. Jones and executed in gold leaf, watercolor and ink. Estimated at $10,000-$15,000, the circa 1849 fraktur sold for $29,900. The cata-
This rare Richmond, Va., retailed coin-silver fruit bowl with cover, stamped for the firm of Samuel P. Mitchell and John H. Tyler Sr. (1845-1866) of Richmond and Peter L. Krider (1845-1860) of Philadelphia, circa 1845, sold to a Virginia institution for $31,050.
log entry for the lot included a possible identification of the artist of this group based on research conducted by Jeffrey S. Evans and William McGuffin. A rare pair of circa 1775 Southside Virginia Chippendale black walnut side chairs was also hotly-contested, realizing $26,450 against a pre-sale estimate of $8,000-$12,000. They are identical to an example in the Colonial Williamsburg collection that is illustrated in “Southern Furniture 1680-1830” by Ron Hurst and Jonathan Prown. Among the fine art sold at the auction, a Southern genre painting by William Aiken Walker, also from the Evers estate, sold for $17,250. The estate collection of Betty and Richard Robertson of Waynesboro, Va., yielded two miniature portraits signed by members of the famous Peale family of artists. A Raphaelle Peale portrait of a gentleman realized $9,200, while a James Peale portrait of a woman realized $8,625. Both had pre-sale estimates of $2,000$4,000. The mammoth 1,010 lot auction realized slightly more than $870,000 (all prices include a 15 percent buyer’s premium). Bidders
from over 23 countries participated in the sale and the auction house received thousands of on line and left bids. “The demand for well-documented, fresh Southern material continues to be strong. Institutional interest in this auction was tremendous, with several museums successfully adding important objects to their collections of Southern decorative arts. As for the antiques market as a whole, we are seeing a significant increase in the number of bidders and bids, which is resulting in an uptick in prices. Buyers are recognizing the great values available in the current market and are taking advantage of some great deals,” stated Jeffrey Evans. Jeffrey S. Evans’ next Americana and the South auction will take place on Saturday, November 16. The auction house has already lined up two important Shenandoah Valley estate collections that were formed primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. The firm’s next auction consists of more than 2,000 Victorian glass salt, pepper and sugar shakers from the collection of the late Richard and Mary Ann Krauss of Clyde, Ohio. For more information, call 540-434-3939 or visit www.jeffreysevans.com.
An important pair of Southside Virginia Chippendale black walnut side chairs, probably Southampton or Greensville County, circa 1775, sold for $26,450.