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Humler & Nolan’s Keramic, Art Glass, Rookwood top $1M
By Susan Emerson Nutter

CINCINNATI — For almost quarter of a century, Humler & Nolan Auction Gallery has been hosting a June event in Cincinnati, Ohio, featuring American and European art pottery and art glass. The 2014 edition held June 7 and 8 saw nearly 1,500 lots cross the auction block over the course of the two-day affair, resulting in sales that tipped over the $1 million mark.

Saturday’s Keramics installment featured a Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre vase dressed in Imps on a Bridge, a design by Daisy Makeig-Jones, which included green imps, blue bats and mauve winged fairies darting about the lustrous surface. This vase sold for $6,900. Prices include an 18 percent buyer’s premium (21 percent on internet bids)

A massive (23 1/4-inch-high) Clement Massier ewer with nude handle and heavy slip decoration of blooming irises all done in an incredible metallic reflective glaze went to $5,750. The large Art Nouveau irises swept across the surface of the vase with one leaf morphing into the nude female handle.

A small (5 7/8-inches) Zsolnay Nabis vase hand decorated with foxglove, foliage and fruit-filled cherry trees sold for $8,338. The colors of this piece were exceptional.

Cowan Pottery pieces continue to demand attention, especially works by Waylande Gregory. A rare Waylande Gregory Margarita figural went to $4,600; a Pastoral Pair by the same artist brought $4,370, while a Dawn 10-piece table setting in black and silver saw $3,565, and a large vase, done well after Gregory’s stint at Cowan, reached $3,565.

Several pieces of Weller sold strong, including an experimental vase featuring a nude figure that sold for $4,485, while a vase from Weller’s Fru Russet line decorated with an embossed thistle stopped at $4,625.

Art glass and sterling filled the second segment of this sale with a pair of monumental (22 1/2-inches-high) Reed & Barton Francis I sterling silver five-arm candelabrum commanding $19,550. Made of two sections, the arms of each reached an impressive 19 inches across. It was thought the pair had been made for the 1929 Chicago Merchandise Mart, at the time the world’s largest wholesale buying center.

Also selling strong was a Loring Andrews sterling tea and coffee service, thought to have been made by Kirk, which sold for $12,650.

Art glass that did well included a beautiful Royal Vienna style tankard sporting a coronation scene ($2,415), while a red and gold Tiffany vase featuring decorative coiled feathers brought $7,475.

A Russian enamel cloisonné silver kovsh with beaded trim accenting colorfully shaded flowers over antique white was a winner at $4,720. The circa 1900 piece was designed by Feodor Rückert for the firm of Pavel Ovchinnikov.

Lamps that sold included a Handel lamp wearing a simple 14-inch green shade, the work of Robert Godwin ($3,220); a Daniel Lotton lamp, a mere 15 inches tall, that made $4,370, and a Charles Lotton (Daniel’s father) opal multi-flora lamp, almost 23 inches tall, that went to $3,335.

Sunday’s sale was filled with pieces of Cincinnati’s own Rookwood pottery. Selling for more than double its low estimate at $11,500 was the 1937 Sung Plum vase by John Dee Wareham. Humler & Nolan point out that Sung Plum is the term often used to describe Rookwood’s Black Opal glaze. Instead, Sung Plum was a special creation of Wareham’s in the late 1930s. It was Wareham’s intent to stimulate interest in Rookwood’s wares, and this was done via the company introducing new glazes and designs in 1938. One of them was Sung Plum.

Just as unique was the French Red vase featuring five overlapping sprays of red and blue flowers with green and orange leaves and black stems, a wonderful combination of matt finish and bright enameling. The work of famed Rookwood artist Sara Sax and done in 1923, this vase made $14,950.

Also displaying a strong showing was the almost 16-inch-tall Vellum scenic vase by Kataro Shirayamadani, the sale’s catalog cover. A forest scene that included a herd of 13 deer, an uncommon subject matter, resulted in this 1907 vase bringing $13,225, the amount offered by a dealer on the phone.

Other works by this artist included a small Iris glaze scenic vase that made $11,500, and a decorated porcelain scenic vase featuring daisies under a willow tree done by Shirayamadani in 1921, which brought $3,910.

Contact: 513-381-2041

www.humlernolan.com

8/8/2014
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