$237
Molded Rockingham Glazed Pottery Pitcher with Griffins and Monument, George Whitefield Farrar, Fairfax, Vermont, c. 1850, molded with blossoms around the neck over a pair of griffins flanking an obelisk, possibly the Revolutionary War monument at Bennington, Vermont, impressed "FARRAR'S POTTERY FAIRFAX VT" on the shoulder, (chips, hairline), ht. 8 7/8 in. Two very small shallow spout chips, 1/3 in. shallow surface chip on handle top, with associated 2 1/2 in. hairline, 1 1/2 in. firing crack at handle top in the making, about 9 small surface chips to high points on body decoration, small base chip, 3/4 in. dia. circular surface crack/chip on lower side part of edge is gone, the rest remains, handle repaired.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
