Auction: Discovery - 2587MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: March 15, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Three Rockingham Glazed Pewtress Pottery Tree Stump-form Planters, S.L. Pewtress, Fair Haven, Connecticut, c. 1875, two molded with vines and cut branch motifs, one with crossed branch handles, one with four side openings, each impressed "S.L. PEWTRESS CO./FAIR HAVEN CONN," (cracks and chips),ht. 7 1/4, 7 1/2, 10 1/8 in.
Estimate $300-400
Shortest- glaze wear around rim; middle-three rim chips, two minor shallow, one deep 1 x 3/4 in. w/ associated crack down side and another 3 in. rim line; tallest- rim crack, base chips, one lg. about 1 1/2 x 3/4 in. other small and shallow.