There is a $35 set-up fee for exhibiting at the sale on Saturday. For additional information or to make reservations for a set-up space or the group dinner, please call Steve or Lorraine German at (860) 653-5733 or send an email to madriverantiques@aol.com.
Stoneware Collectors' Sale and Lecture
The Stoneware Collectors' Group began in the late 1980s with an annual stoneware auction in Vermont. Although the auction eventually ended, the stoneware dealers and collectors continued their periodic get-togethers in Bennington, VT to swap stories as well as stoneware. The result was the Stoneware Collectors' Sale and Lecture, held twice a year, in April and October. The Friday/Saturday event includes a sale on Saturday, which is held rain or shine under large tents on the grounds of The Antique Center at Camelot Village. The hours of the sale are 9:30 am to 3 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to see a wide variety of stoneware, including some rare and one-of-a-kind examples.
A few years ago, the group partnered with the Bennington Museum to include a pottery-related lecture, which takes place at 4 pm on Friday at the Bennington Museum. Past topics have included 'New Research on Bennington's Potters' , 'Patriotic Designs on American Stoneware' and 'A History of the Cushman Pottery of Albany, NY'. The lecture is included with the $9 admission to the Bennington Museum and those who would like to browse through the museum collections prior to the lecture may do so.
The Spring 2010 session will take place on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24. The guest speaker at the lecture will be Richard Prowse, a leading expert on Norwalk Pottery, whose talk is titled Norwalk, a Study of its Potters and Potteries. Richard has been collecting pottery for about 35 years and has concentrated his focus on the products from the Norwalk kilns for the past 20 years. A group dinner will follow immediately after the lecture at the Mt. Anthony Country Club in Bennington.
The Fall 2010 session will take place on Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23. The topic of the lecture will be New Hampshire redware, which will be presented by Wes Balla, the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the New Hampshire Historical Society. A group dinner will follow immediately after the lecture at the Mt. Anthony Country Club in Bennington.
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