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PISGAH FOREST 1935 North Carolina Pottery Teapot
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Walter Stephen was born in Iowa in 1876, moved with his family by covered wagon to Chadron, Nebraska in 1886, and established a pottery in Tennessee (Nonconnah Pottery) with his mother in 1904. They were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and specialized in art pottery with slip designs. Following his mother's death, Stephen would move to western North Carolina and become one of the state's most important art potters, first establishing another version of Nonconnah Pottery in 1913 and then, after a stint working with the skilled potter Oscar Bachelder, establishing Pisgah Forest Pottery in 1926. In his new book "Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah: The Potteries of Walter B. Stephen", Rodney Leftwich relates that Juliana Busbee, a founder of Seagrove's Jugtown Pottery, was so impressed with Walter Stephen's work that she wrote that he was experimenting with more intelligence than anyone in the state and predicted that his work would soon be in a class with the best work done in America.
What a charming Pisgah Forest teapot this one is! This "tea-for-two" sized teapot is a form that, in my experience, is encountered much less often than the more rounded and somewhat larger teapots by this pottery. Rodney Leftwich's book does have one in a different glaze photographed on page 108, and a related form (except with the lid "catcher" positioned in the front) on page 116, but the style that I come across far more often is the type in the photo on page 117 of Leftwich's text. An added bonus on the teapot being auctioned today is a nice example of the 1935 Pisgah Forest stamp with the wording: "Pisgah Forest West Ashville Route 191" - this stamp is always highly sought after by Pisgah Forest collectors, as it's the only year with this particular wording, and not all 1935 pieces received this stamp. The teapot is glazed with a glossy Oriental Celadon-style glaze with the crackle effect that Pisgah Forest is known for. It comes with its original lid, and this lid does have some flakes and small chips as shown in the photos, but when the lid is on it can be positioned such that these are barely noticeable. In truth, not many of these lids even survived; since they are difficult to grip firmly, many met their fate as pottery shards on hard kitchen floors. The teapot itself is in excellent condition with no cracks or chips. T is a superficial Y-shaped glaze line on the reverse (to the right of the handle) that I mention for complete accuracy, but that is very likely just the result of the same conditions that led to the intentional glaze crackling effect (i.e. definitely not a crack, or fracture, or anything going through the piece). The teapot stands just over 5 inches tall to the top of the button-style finial, and is 6 1/2 inches from the back of the handle to the tip of the spout. I just love the style of the piece, with its shapely body, its tapering handle that comes to a V-shaped base with thumprint, and the attached lid-catcher. A teapot by Walter Stephen's one-time colleague Oscar Bachelder brought about $2000 at a North Carolina auction quite recently, and while Walter Stephen's teapots have not realized those lofty levels, their style and execution don't come up short by comparison. Offered with no reserve and an extremely low opening bid. I accept PayPal, personal checks, or money orders. T will be a $9 charge for delivery by fully insured UPS Ground or US Postal Service, and the teapot and lid will be carefully bubble-wrapped and double-boxed to ensure safe delivery. I will contact the winning bidder by e-mail shortly after the conclusion of the auction. Good luck!
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