GLASS & POTTERY
AUCTION
Saturday, November
20, 2010
10:00 a.m. (CST)
2437 Monroe in LaPorte, Indiana
DIRECTIONS – From
West, take SR 2 into downtown LaPorte; go two
blocks east of courthouse and turn right onto Monroe/SR 4 and go 1.2 miles to
auction site on left. From East, take SR 2 from South Bend to LaPorte; go to Boyd Boulevard just past Wal-Mart; turn left
onto Boyd Boulevard and go approximately 1.2 miles to Monroe/SR 4; turn right
onto Monroe and go .75 miles to auction on right. From
South, take US 35 north toward LaPorte; at the
first light before entering the city, turn right onto Boyd Boulevard and go
north approximately 1 mile to Monroe/SR 4; turn left and go .75 miles to
auction site on right. Note:
Auction held indoors in heated, carpeted auction gallery.
Initial List
Cut
Glass –
Fan/Diamond pattern basket marked MAV MET; handled Nappy flashed hob star &
fan pattern (has chip); oval relish w/ Floral & Harvard pattern (small
chips & broken tine); oval Pitkin & Brooks brilliantly cut w/ flowers,
fan shapes & small hob stars (small chips); round snail footed bowl w/ Hobb Stars & Fan décor; punch cup w/ Flared Hobs;
Trumpet vase Fan & Sky pattern (Libbey?); pair of
cut glass tumblers w/ large hob stars; ashtray w/ Diamond pattern w/ Hob Star
on bottom; decanter w/ Hobs & Fan pattern; bowl w/ Snail Feet & flared
Hobs & Fan; fantastic cut 10 ¼ inch vase w/ Hob & Snowflake pattern;
two-handled divided dish w/ 4 segments w/ Hobs & Fans; cut glass inkwell in
silver w many hallmarks; and other pieces
Scandinavian
Glass –
oval Skruf Glassworks vase tetched
w/ girl holding a bowl while standing in flowers and birds flying overhead; Orrefors bowl w/ original sticker & signed; oval vase
w/ birds on a branch; clear bird by Reijmyre
Glassworks Ostergotland, Sweden;
Steuben
Glass – vase etched w/ shirtless
farmer w/ pitchfork and wife holding basket of fruit (signed & dated 1937
w/ original box); blue aurene vase w/ hole drilled to
convert to lamp;
Other
Glass -- wine glass marked
Rock Sharpe crystal etched w/ grapes & ribbed; set of 4 tumblers w/ etched
grapes & vines; tumbler w/ white enamel flowers; pressed glass toothpick
holder w/ square base to flute round top; Mt. Washington sal
in Burmese color w/ white enamel flowers; clear compote marked Wedgwood;
Stevens & Williams vase w/ applied flowers and leaves; Sunny Day bluebird;
Tiffany & Co. paperweight Inaugural Cruise Master Club Sailing the Royal
Princess; Higgins Glass Co. ash tray (very rare) green & black; bowl on
sterling holder etched w/ flowers & scrolls; elephant paperweight w/ cobalt
center (unmarked); blue satin glass ewer w/ white swirls and clear handle &
foot; Heisey basket w/ etched flowers (marked) 11
inches high; clear ewer w/ gold & pink enamel work polished panel marked
(22 ¼ inches high); pair of Venetian style water glasses swirled w/ large
enamel flowers and blue center (9 inches high); and more.
Pottery – Sasha Brastoff ash tray w/ grape design (ca. 1960’s) signed Sasha
B.; variety of German steins; glazed pottery planter w/ blue & brown stripes
(unmarked); hand-painted planter w/ flowers by Sado Internacional Portugal; Old Sleepy Eye creamer & sugar;
Old Sleepy Eye pitcher w/ small flake on rim (5 ½ inches high); Hull bowl in
brown & green marked Hull USA 46 (8 inches high); gardinere
in green, red & brown w/ cherub’s face on side (9 inches high & 9 ½
inches in diameter); large vase in brown & green marked USA (7 inches high
& 8 inches in diameter); Roseville Carnelian (1912-1928) vase w/ small chip
on bottom (7 ¼ inches high); and more.
Price Guides & Resource Books – Glass – Elegant Glassware of the Depression Era
by Gene Florence, 1983; The Art of Louis
Comfort Tiffany by Vivienne Couldrey, 1996; Miller’s Art Glass – How to Compare &
Value by Louise Luther, 2002; Old
Glass – Manufacture, Styles, Uses by O.N. Wilkinson, 1968; Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom Art
Center by Evelyn Campbell Cloak, 1967; 20th
Century Factory Glass by Lesley Jackson, 2000; The Treasures of Tiffany – Museum of Science & Industry Chicago
by Hugh F. McKean, 1982; Frederick Carder
and His Steuben Glass 1903-1933 by Robert F. Rockwell, 1968; Lalique for Collectors by Katharine Morrison McClinton, 1975; Collecting
Art Nouveau Shades by Darrah L. Roberts, 1972; Kitchen Glassware of the Depression Years
by Gene Florence, 1992; Great American
Glass of the Roaring 20s & Depression Era by James Measell
and Berry Wiggins, 1998; Great American
Glass of the Roaring 20s & Depression Era Book 2 by James Measell and Berry Wiggins, 2000; Antique Glass and Glass Collecting by Frank Davis, 1973; American Cut and Engraved Glass by
Martha Louise Swan, 1998; The Glass of
Frederick Carder by Paul V. Gardner, 1971; Glass by George Savage, 1972; Nineteenth
Century Glass – Its Genesis and Development by Albert Christian Revi, 1964; Paden
City – The Color Company by Jerry Barnett, 1978; ABCs of Old Glass by Carl W. Drepperd,
1970; Higgins Adventures in Glass by
Donald-Brian Johnson & Leslie Pina, 1997; and
more. Books on Pottery – American
Potters and Pottery by John Ramsay, 1947; Handbook of Old Pottery and Porcelain Marks by C. Jordan Thorn,
1947; European Pottery by Maria Penkala, 1968; Art
Pottery of America by Lucile Henzke, 1982; Art Pottery of the United States by Paul
Evans, 1987; Art Pottery of the United
States, 1974; Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks
by Geoffrey A. Godden, 1964; Early
Roseville by Sharon and Bob Huxford, 1983; American Potters – The Work of Twenty Modern
Masters by Garth Clark, 1981; Kovel’s Collector’s Guide to American Art Pottery by
Ralph & Terry Kovel, 1974; Animals in Pottery and Porcelain by John P. Cushion, 1974; The Complete Book of Pottery Making by
John B. Kenny, 1949; The Book of Rookwood
Pottery by Herbert Peck, 1968; Lehner’s Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain
& Clay by Lois Lehner, 1988; California Pottery: From Missions to
Modernism by Bill Stern, 2001;
Miller’s Encyclopedia of British Transfer-Printed Pottery Patterns 1790-1930 by
Gillian Neale, 2005; The Collector’s
Encyclopedia of McCoy Pottery by Sharon and Bob Huxford,
1997; and more.
TERMS – Cash, check & credit cards. Sales tax unless exempt. Announcements day of sale
take precedence.
Engstrom Auctions
AC30200060
Gallery Phone
219-326-6200