The teapot is attributed to John Bartlam, an English Potter who immigrated to South Carolina. This is the type of object that can be (and was) easily overlooked. As appraisers we need to be cautious in properly identifying all objects we appraiser. Make sure objects are not overlooked, and consult with other appraisers and specialists.
Yesterday I posted on the ISA conference, Kirsten will be presenting at the conference on New Appraisers Guide to the Galaxy, An "instructive and empowering session will be most beneficial for appraisers in the beginning years of building their appraisal practices".
Additionally, Kirsten along with ISA Director of Education Meredith Meuwly will also be teaching a pre conference class on Advanced Appraisal Methodology, "this course is designed for experienced appraisers who wish to increase their understanding of appraisal methodology. Specifically, the course will examine complex appraisal problems and address how to approach them in order to create a stronger appraisal report. While exploring more sophisticated and nuanced methodology issues, the course will also reinforce basic appraisal methodology concepts and focus on “problem areas” seen in many appraisal reports". So some excellent presentations at the ISA annual conference.
The Decorative Arts Trust reports on the Bartlam teapot
Source: Decorative Arts Trust BlogAn “Antiques Roadshow” moment has turned into one of the most exciting discoveries in the field of American ceramics in recent years.
Last year, an antiques collector spotted an intriguing blue and white teapot at an antiques fair. Intrigued by the form and pattern, he snapped it up for £15 (about $21.50), despite the fact that it was missing its lid and had a significant repair to the handle. The transfer-printed decoration is different on the two sides, but the most significant is one depicting two cranes under a palmetto, with two small watercraft in the background. Some research by the collector matched the pattern to a set of blue and white tea bowls and saucers attributed to John Bartlam, an English Potter who immigrated to South Carolina. His suspicions were confirmed by the English auction house Woolley and Wallis, out of Salisbury, who will be selling the teapot on February 20. The conservative sale estimate is £10,000-£20,000.
The European quest to discover the manufacturing secrets behind true hard-paste porcelain has been a seminal point in the history of western decorative arts for as long as people have collected. Not to be left behind, a small number 18th-century American potters began to produce fine cream-colored earthenware and investigate sources for soft-paste porcelain of sufficient quality that Josiah Wedgewood worried they might begin to compete. Fortunately for him, the North American manufacturers did not truly take off until later in the 19th century.
Long regarded as a minor figure on the ceramics scene, the Staffordshire immigrant John Bartlam settled in South Carolina at Cain Hoy, near Charleston, and produced slipware, creamware, and pearlware between 1763 and 1772. Intriguingly, in 1770 he advertised his workshop “a China Manufactory and Pottery.” This differentiation puzzled scholars, who had thus far only identified “Carolina Creamware,” a fine earthenware that, while not as pale as its English counterparts, often rivaled the British goods in terms of execution and decoration.
Archaeological excavations around Cain Hoy began in the 1960s, but significant excavations in 1991 and 1992 revealed large quantities of blue and white sherds which was cautiously labeled “proto pearlware.” It was not until 2006-07, when further analysis was performed by Lisa Hudgins, that examples were scientifically confirmed Bartlam pottery examples as true soft-paste porcelain. This astonishing finding made Bartlam the earliest known producer of porcelain in North America, beating the Philadelphia firm of Bonnin and Morris by several years. The blue and white sherds matched the pattern on a set of tea bowls and saucers that came to auction in 2011, previously attributed to Joseph Shore’s Isleworth Pottery in England. In addition to being an important addition to Bartlam’s known oeuvre, this teapot is now the earliest extant American porcelain example of its form.
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