April 25, 2024
Rare Antique 1800s Brunt Art Ware Monk Friar Beer Mugs E Liverpool Ohio Lot of 4
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This is a rare lot of 4 Brunt Art Ware Monk & Friar beer mugs or steins that date to the late 1800's. The are also marked compliments of A. S. & Co. I did some research on these and came up with the following from a Stein Marks website: William Brunt Pottery Co. / Phoenix Pottery East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. William Brunt Snr. left the oppression and starvation of the English pottery districts for America and freedom late in 1842. He came by the way of New Orleans and thence up the Mississippi River to the central part of southern Illinois. In East Liverpool he opened a public tavern, on the southwest corner of the public square, at Third and Market Streets, which he kept for a considerable period of time. Having been a potter, seeing the business developing around him,eventually returned to this form of industry. In 1847 with his two sons, William Junior and Henry, along with his brother-in-law Bloor, Mr. Brunt built a small pottery at the northeast corner of First Street and Peach Alley. Here these men began the manufacture of brown, jet and "Scroddled" door knobs. The term scroddled means, in the old Staffordshire dialect, marbling or streaking in the body of the ware. The factory is thought to have closed prior to the turn of the century. They are all in VG condition, no chips or cracks. 4 1/2" tall. I see these selling
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