The Dry Family Pottery Of Stoney Brook And Dryville
By Justin W. Thomas
One of the more visually pleasing types of 19th-century red earthenware from the American Northeast is a style of plate adorned with three colors of crossing slip decoration that was manufactured in southeastern Pennsylvania. These plates are also adorned with a coggled wheel that resulted in a repetitive line decoration. But there are only a small group of these plates that are known to exist today. They were drape molded, and some (most) are also marked on the back with a stamped number.
One of the best examples was found decades ago in Bucks County, Pa., and is currently privately owned in a prominent Pennsylvania collection, which was the
subject of a feature story written by Johanna McBrien for the Spring 2013 issue of “Antiques & Fine Art
Magazine,” titled, “Kindred Spirits.”
Another example was previously owned by Lester Breininger (1935-2011), which he purchased at a sale in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa., in 1999. His note from the sale bill reads, “Snyder family of Bethlehem bro & sister last of family bro died before sale, sister soon after 1/3/99.”
Ohio potter Greg Shooner noted, “Lester Breinenger always thought of these as Berks County, Pa. Probably comparing the 5/6 divided slip cup with other pieces attributed to Daniel Dry of Dryville, Pa. The white, copper and manganese slips applied with this cup have similar, if not identical gaps, and were applied in tulip patterns as well as criss-cross and “plaid”
motifs. If these are not Berks County, I would suggest that they were at the very least journeyman work and closely related.”
An artifact that could be related to these plates was recovered a few years ago by Tom Kennedy Jansen from an 1860s archaeological context in southern New Jersey. The 19th-century ownership of this plate is unknown, but it appears to be related, decorated with a similar crossing threecolor slip decoration, as well as impressed with repetitive lines from a coggle wheel. But the back of this plate is not marked with a number.
Pottery production began in Stony Point, Berks County, Pa.,
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Picasso Madoura Pottery Jug Brings $43,200
By Karl Pass
Locati, an auction house near New Hope, Pa., held their latest monthly online sale from May 4 to 18.The live auction took place on May 18 at the firm’s Pineville facility. This single-owner collection and jewelry sale was on LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, Bidsquare, and Bidspirit.
Among the top lots was a Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Madoura pottery jug selling for $43,200. Prices reported include a buyer’s premium. A Severin Roesen (Prussian/ American, 1815-72) oil-on-canvas still life painting realized $36,500; a 3.19-carat pear shape diamond ring GIA, $13,125; and a Tiffany & Co 18-carat gold minute repeater
Drawings Of Lisa Yuskavage
The Morgan Library & Museum will present “Lisa Yuskavage: Drawings,” the first career-spanning museum exhibition dedicated to the drawings of the acclaimed contemporary artist Lisa Yuskavage (b. 1962). Opening Friday, June 27, the exhibition will highlight more than three decades of Yuskavage’s intimate, inventive, and genre-defying works on paper. One of the most influential and original artists working today, Yuskavage is known for her charged portrayals of female subjects, infused with psychological depth, social commentary, and an
The 19th-century slip-decorated red earthenware plate decorated with a three-color crossing slip decoration and impressed coggle wheel design was likely made in Berks County, Pa., and perhaps by the Dry family in Stony Point/Dryville. Courtesy Gerard Paquin.
Three related 19th-century slip-decorated red earthenware plates decorated with a three-color crossing slip decoration and impressed coggle wheel design were likely made in Berks County, Pa., and perhaps by the Dry family in Stony Point/Dryville. Courtesy Pook & Pook, New Haven Auctions (now New England Auctions) and Crocker Farm.
A photograph of Dr. Benajmin E. Dry (1819-1907), for whom Dryville, Pa., was named after when he became the postmaster on May 3, 1853. He was the son of John Dry (1785-1870), who was the patriarch of the Dry family of potters. Courtesy www.FindAGrave.com.
Golden Age Of American Guitar Making
The MET Receives Landmark Gift Of More Than 500 Of The Finest Guitars
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it has received a landmark gift of more than 500 of the finest guitars from the golden age of American guitar making, spanning the years 1920 to 1970. This new collection of the most important guitars, anchored by a major gift from collector Dirk Ziff, will showcase the profound impact this celebrated instrument has had on popular music, culture, society, politics, and religion in America, and how it resonated around the world.
The collection displays the diversity of the guitar in all its forms, including electric, acoustic, archtop, bass, resonator, and lap steel, as well as related stringed instruments and amplifiers.
“This is truly a trailblazing and transformative gift, positioning the museum to be the epicenter for the appreciation and study of the American guitar,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French director and chief executive officer. “We are immensely grateful to Dirk
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and his longtime advisor, Perry Margouleff, for their extraordinary commitment to assembling this world-class, one-of-a-kind collection over the course of decades. The guitar has been of singular importance to popular music of the past century and was used by musicians across geographic, racial, and economic backgrounds. This seminal American object of our time has had a profound impact on global culture, art, and society. These guitars are examples of outstanding artistry and craftsmanship as well as visually powerful tools of expression and distinction. This gift celebrates the innovators, inventors, and manufacturers who created many different forms of the guitar to meet the needs of individual musicians, while also telling the stories of American music through the 20th century. “The collection includes a wide range of iconic examples, such as: Leo Fender’s first guitar, made in 1948; a Gibson 1955 J-50 acoustic guitar used by Delta blues musician Mississippi John Hurt; the 1941 Epiphone “Clunker,” an experimental prototype modified by Les Paul that was used in recordings and broadcasts by guitarist and vocalist Mary Ford and that is one of several guitars from Les Paul’s personal collection; the 1959 sunburst Les Paul guitar used by Keith Richards during The Rolling Stones’ first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964, which ignited interest in this legendary model; the “Futura” guitar owned by blues guitarist Ponty Gonzales around 1956 that led the Gibson company to create the futuristic Explorer model in 1958; and the Martin OM-45 guitar made by the C. F. Martin
guitar company in 1930 that was the primary instrument of cowboy musician Roy Rogers. Some of the guitars included in this gift were featured in The Met’s widely popular and well-received special exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” (2019).
The donors and The Met have agreed that these carefully preserved instruments must remain alive and accessible. Almost all continue to be in prime playable condition and will be used frequently for special performances, recordings, and educational programs, including study by contemporary guitar builders. A number of the guitars will be on temporary display in the current Musical Instruments galleries prior to going on view in the new gallery dedicated to celebrating the American guitar.
“Since embarking on this journey with Perry in 1987, our objective has been to assemble a comprehensive collection of American guitars, many of them historic and culturally significant, and preserve them for the benefit of future generations. We always saw ourselves as custodians, not owners. It is genuinely thrilling to see our vision validated at the greatest cultural institution in the world. As someone who grew up in New York City and has been going to The Met since childhood, I am honored to help play a role in broadening the museum’s reach and impact by making these great instruments accessible to legions of guitar lovers from all over the world,” stated Ziff.
The collection exemplifies the visual design history of the guitar in the 20th century and how the instrument’s aesthetics evolved from small “parlor” guitars
with Victorian-era decoration to art deco-inspired archtop guitars, to the mid-century designs of the electric guitar informed by the major influence of the automobile and the fascination with the television age and space exploration, hence the legendary 1950s Fender model names “Telecaster” and “Stratocaster.” The collection is a celebration of industrial art, demonstrating innovative engineering, outstanding craftsmanship, and timeless 20th-century design aesthetics that, in many cases, remain entirely unchanged since their introduction and are as modern and relevant today as when they were first conceived. To this day, they remain the aspirational working instruments of choice for the finest guitar players around the world.
approximately 5,000 examples from 300 BC to the present, representing six continents and the Pacific Islands.
The Department of Musical Instruments currently has an outstanding collection of European guitars from the 17th to the 19th century and includes a famed collection of classical guitars.
Statement From Jimmy Page
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments at The Met said, “This is not just a oncein-lifetime gift; it is a oncein-a-century opportunity for the museum, a visionary, comprehensive collection of American guitars, unparalleled in both its breadth and variety. The guitar was the driving force of 20th-century popular music. It changed culture, and it changed the world. Now that Dirk and Perry have entrusted us with this amazing collection, we will work to create a unique and immersive permanent experience for our visitors that showcases these instruments and tells the powerful story of their evolution. “The Met’s collection of musical instruments, which demonstrates the technical and social importance of instruments while also presenting them, with their visual and tonal beauty, as art objects themselves, includes
“When it first came on the horizon that The Metropolitan Museum of Art would have a feature exhibit celebrating the instruments of Rock & Roll, I was more than happy to loan a number of my most important guitars, amplifiers, effects, and even costumes. I was particularly excited to display my Telecaster, which I had handpainted myself. As a student in art college, I never would have imagined that one of my paintings would find its way into one of the most prestigious art museums in the world!
My hope was that, by loaning my instruments, others would join in this celebration and lend their instruments as well. As it turned out, everyone was inspired and loaned an incredible array of musical instruments for this exhibition, which would become known as “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. The exhibit exceeded everyone’s expectations in terms of attendance as people traveled from around the world to enjoy this unique experience. This was a true win-win situation for everybody, including the guitars in general.
As a result of this incredible exhibition, I have now been made aware that The Met is building a permanent gallery to celebrate the American guitar. To know
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Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: Loving The Books
By Peter Seibert
The other week, I stopped to see a friend who runs Panoply Books. Roland is the last of a breed. He is an independent rare book seller who actually handles quality rare books. I’m talking here about books that you really want to own and cherish as much as you want to read. We were chatting, and I was so impressed by the steady stream of customers who came in over time. They were mostly young Millennials and Gen Zers. Some wandered looking at the books,
but most had very fixed ideas of what they wanted to get.
For years, I have heard the stories that books were as dead as a doornail in the antiques world. No one wanted them, and the dumpster was the only solution. I recall when we moved to New Mexico offering several rare book dealers my collection of early Presbyterian imprints. I was told they were valueless and that I might find a theological seminary who would want them as a gift but otherwise they were nothing more than kindling.
And certainly, the market for older books has softened considerably. The audience that bought and read books seemed to disappear quickly. The scholars told us that the value of knowledge is not in having it but rather in simply being able to find it. Thus, books had no purpose in a world where all you needed to do was to be able to look up the information online.
However, in saying that, I was watching young people coming in and buying not just one or two books but handfuls. Now perhaps it was a
unique moment for those sales, but I bet not. Why are books popular? My millennial/Gen Z daughter told me that all of her friends are book readers. When she was in graduate school in Washington D.C., she would take carloads of friends to Second Story Books warehouse north of the city. Books had value as tools for their scholarship, and they were there for what they said was both fun and joy and sadness.
So, what is the explanation about what happened to books? It becomes too easy as I get older to blame younger generations for the ills of the world. Well, I have to say that probably the real book-hating culprits are my generation, the Gen Xers. We were the generation for whom online books were peddled, and we drank that Kool-Aid deeply. I remember seeing the virtual books being sold at Barnes & Noble. It was like witnessing a heathen in the cathedral. But I am pleased to say that perhaps that virtual book world is now being forsaken by new generations who like the smell of paper and printer ink
as much as I do.
My charge to all of you is go out and buy a book. Better still, buy a used book and, best of all, patronize a rare book dealer. Indulge yourself with some Hervey Allen or John Steinbeck or John O’Hara or any of the other great Pennsylvania writers.
“Born to collect” should be the motto of Peter Seibert’s family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico. In addition, he advises and consults with auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seibert’s writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years’ worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.
The “Museum Down The Mineshaft”
Magic Related Books, Ephemera, Archives, And Vintage Posters From The Golden Age Of The Art
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 555-lot sale to be held on Saturday, June 21, starting at 10 a.m. CST. It is the fourth offering of materials from Ken Klosterman (1933-2020) the owner and CEO of Klosterman Baking Company and a celebrated magic collector. This event will be held live at Potter & Potter’s gallery, located at 5001 W. Belmont
Ave. in Chicago, Ill. It will also be live streamed on the company’s website at www.potterauctions.com.
The expected top lot in this sale is an archive of Karl Germain (American, b. Charles Mattmueller, 18781959) manuscripts, programs, and research material spanning the 1890s-1970s time frame. It includes hundreds of pages of documents
housed in three volumes. The first contains manuscripts, typescripts, drawings, and other compositions in Germain’s hand. The second contains ephemeral relics from Germain’s career, including programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, handbills, brochures, letters, and much more. And the third is comprised of typescripts, correspondence, and related material from the careers of the two magicians most responsible for growing and elevating Germain’s legacy: Paul Fleming and Stewart Cramer.
“This is a revealing, expansive, informative, and important archive that shows the trajectory of Germain’s career; his thought processes; how he performed many of his most famous feats; and the lasting legacy he created, which was enhanced and expanded by Paul Fleming and Stewart Cramer,” noted the catalog.
A life cast of Cardini’s (British American, b. Richard Pitchford, 1895‚Äì1973) right hand is a plaster cast in a box bearing his wife and assistant Swan Cardini’s handwriting. This item was sold previously through Potter & Potter Auctions at their Cardini: The Suave Deceiver sale in 2013. An Appearing Magic Kettle was made in Los Angeles, Calif., by John Gaughan in the early 2000s after a design of Carl Willmann. With this illusion, the performer produces a tea kettle from an empty foulard, then pours any drink called for from it. This is one of six examples manufactured by Gaughan. It is housed in a mahogany carrying case which also holds six cordial glasses.
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Ken Klosterman’s name is engraved on a brass plaque affixed to the case lid.
“Ken Klosterman assembled one of the finest collections of magicana in the world. Known as the Salon de Magie, this ‘museum down the mineshaft’ (housed in an abandoned mine under his home outside of Cincinnati, Continued on page 5
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Natural History Of American Textiles To Be Examined In Major Exhibit
The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) will present a groundbreaking exploration of the natural history of American textiles, drawing from the museum’s rich collection of more than 600 quilts, which will propose an eco-critical inquiry into the many facets of global material culture that emerged in the early American republic through the 20th century. This exhibition will examine the ecological and social consequences of agricultural production, industrial manufacture, and international distribution networks, all of which allowed quiltmaking to flourish as a quintessential American art form.
Curated by Emelie Gevalt, the American Folk Art Museum’s Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer, and Austin Losada, Art Bridges Fellow, “An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles” (Sept. 26, 2025 to March 1, 2026) will bring together approximately 30 examples, spanning the 18th to 20th centuries, from the museum’s renowned quilt collection and present them from an ecological perspective, tracing patterns of relationships between the environment and traditional quilting practices. Looking beyond the quiltmaker, “An Ecology of Quilts” is centered around the origins of textile production and how it informs the artistry of quiltmaking, exploring the environmental and social impact of cultivating and harvesting raw materials; the networks of overland and ocean trade required to transport dyestuffs, fibers, and fabrics; and the technologies and industrial techniques developed to process them, such as the cotton gin.
As “An Ecology of Quilts” documents, textiles represent an intricately woven web of environmental resources, craft and scientific knowledge, global movement, and creative collaboration.
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06/23/2025, LancasterSat 10 AM & Online, boltz auctions.com. The late Dr. John Nernoff & Eiko Nernoff fine Asian decorative arts auction. Boltz Auction Company
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Game Commission Show
First-Ever Collectibles Event Set For Middle Creek
By Karl Pass
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced it will be hosting a new event at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on Saturday, June 28. Titled the Pennsylvania Conservation Collectables Expo, the show will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the visitor’s center.
Vendors will be set up with the opportunity to buy, sell, and trade antique and collectible conservation-themed memorabilia. Items will include old “Game News” publications and posters, as well as old hunting licenses, patches, state duck
stamps, and other material. The Game Commission will also be selling merchandise at this event.
To learn more, people are encouraged to visit the
Game Commission’s website at www.pa.gov/agencies/pgc.
The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area visitor’s center is located at 100 Museum Road, Stevens, Pa.
This Tree of Life cut-out chintz quilt is probably from Wiscasset, Maine, ca. 1925–35, initialed “GMR” and made of cotton, 96-by-90 inches, and was a gift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Elizabeth V. Warren and Sharon L. Eisenstat, 2001.33.2.
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pocket watch, $8,470.
A large Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose punch bowl, mid 18th century, sold for $6,300, and an English Delftware tin-glazed earthenware plate, Bristol, dated 1728, went for $2,875. An English creamware covered tea caddy, 18th century, of Dutch interest, sold for $2,500, and an English Delftware tin-glazed earthenware charger, ca. 1730-40, sold for $1,625.
Locati is located at 761 Durham Road in Pineville, Pa.
For further information, email michael@locatillc.com or call 215-619-2873.
This 3.19-carat pear shape diamond ring GIA brought $13,125.
A Tiffany & Co 18-carat gold
sold for $8,470.
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enduring commitment to the history of painting. At once confrontational and meditative, her works blur the boundaries between high and low art, exploring traditional genres, portrait, landscape,
An English
and still life, with a contemporary eye to issues of female transgression and empowerment rooted in popular culture. In her own words, she is “interested in making art about how things are rather than how they should be.”
To learn more, visit www. themorgan.org.
A Severin Roesen (Prussian/American, 1815-72) oil-on-canvas still life painting sold for $36,500.
The English Delftware tinglazed earthenware charger, ca.
An English creamware covered tea caddy, 18th century, of Dutch interest, sold for $2,500.
furniture; nice estate lot; BOX ROOM: tools; box lots; STAGE AUCTION collectibles; primitives; retro; antique items; etc. NOTE: Only a partial listing, STILL MUCH MORE TO UNPACK and set up!
The Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Madoura pottery jug sold for $43,200.
An English Delftware tin-glazed earthenware plate, Bristol, dated 1728, sold for $2,875.
minute repeater watch
This large Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose punch bowl, mid 18th century, realized $6,300.
Delftware tinglazed polychrome decorated wall pocket, Lambeth, sold for $2,500.
1730-40, went for $1,625.
Quilts
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Speaking not only to the work of individual American quilters but also to the contributions of countless artisans and laborers around the globe, quilts survive as powerful material metaphors for human relationships and entanglements within the natural world.
Jason T. Busch, Becky and Bob Alexander Director & CEO, commented: “The American Folk Art Museum has a well-earned reputation as a leading center for the study of quilts, having presented many celebrated and popular exhibitions in our history. The bold vision of “An Ecology of Quilts,” however,
places American quilts and textile production in a light rarely explored before in such depth and detail. The breadth and diversity of artisans on display is a testament to how understanding the ecological impact of historical textiles can unlock new knowledge about our shared histories and environments.”
Gevalt remarked: “Quilting is often seen as a recycling project, taking up castoff scraps and infusing them with new life. However, this is only one way to interpret quilts’ materiality and their histories. The impetus for this exhibition was to approach quiltmaking from a unique perspective, taking a closer look behind the scenes, as it were, at the market and
Attributed to a member of the Sinclair family is this Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden quilt, possibly Vermont, mid-19th century, made of cotton, 87-by-92 inches, and was a museum purchase with funds provided by Nina Beaty, 2024.10.1.
environmental conditions that allowed textile artists to innovate the medium for centuries. But at what cost? That is a major question at the center of the exhibition, as the intersection between the natural and manufactured worlds is stitched into the surfaces of these quilts themselves.”
Divided into sections that explore themes of color, fiber, and pattern, “An Ecology of Quilts”
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Mary Alice Kenny-Sinton, the Mala Pua Aloha / Garden of Aloha quilt from Ponca City, Okla., dates to 1991, made of cotton, 72-by-72 inches, and was a museum purchase through funds provided by Northern, the Quilted Bathroom Tissue, made by James River Corp., 1991.9.19.
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introduces visitors to histories of natural and synthetic dyes and their complex, often toxic production; the manufacture of fabrics from natural fibers including wool, cotton, linen, and silk; the origins and artisanship of printed motifs and patterns; the global trade and importation of goods; and the importance of local ecological knowledge and quilters’ historical engagement with the natural world.
Among the examples treated in depth is the use of the indigo plant as one of the major historical dye sources for textile production. For a
period in the 18th century, indigo cultivation surged in British American South Carolina, where it was a major cash crop, even sometimes referred to as “blue gold,” though production depended on enslaved labor. While synthetic sources of blue became popular in the 19th century, recent renewed interest in natural dyes had led to an indigo revival and more ecofriendly techniques.
Printed patterns, such as chintz, are also explored at length, as the availability of new patterns, fabrics, and designs brought new energy to the American textile market in the 18th and 19th centuries thanks to new technologies and increased trade.
The Lemoyne Star quilt is possibly an Ohio origin, ca. 1890, made of cotton, 73-by82 inches, and was a gift of Birgit Lorentzen, 2019.27.30.
The demand for floral compositions like chintz speaks to the universal appeal of botanical design, even while their mass production moved away from the traditional approaches in favor of mechanized processes. “An Ecology of Quilts” also highlights the range of individuals and communities who participated in quiltmaking and textile production, showcasing the diversity and ubiquity of quilting and the variations it produced as an artform.
Among the many skilled artisans represented throughout the exhibition features examples by: Malissia Pettway, one of the celebrated quilters of Gee’s Bend, Ala., among many other woman artisans showcased; Dr. Raymond F. Bellamy, a retired Florida sociologist; an early 20th century tailor in St. Louis who salvaged men’s suiting woolens into a knotted brick pattern quilt; and contemporary textile artist Tomie Nagano. The exhibition also includes examples of quilting and textile traditions originating in Hawaii and Oaxaca, Mexico.
To learn more, visit www. folkartmuseum.org.
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that there is so much passion behind this project is thrilling. I would like to take my hat off to the people who have been behind this, and
to The Met for its dedication to construct something that is going to be of such great importance for generations to come. An inspirational arena for people old and young alike. I am most curious to
see how the young people are going to expand the guitar in the future. This gallery will truly be an epicenter and inspiration for the celebration of the guitar To learn more, visit www. metmuseum.org.
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This was created by Malissia Pettway (1914–97), a Pinwheel Variation quilt from Gee’s Bend (Boykin), Ala., ca. 1960, made of polyester and cotton, 83-by-80 inches, and was a gift of David Gordon in memory of Margaret McCormick Gordon, 2021.26.10.
Dry Family
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in the 18th century with the Melcher (or Melcheor) family. The rural community is located about 55 miles northwest of Philadelphia. However, Stony Point became Dryville on May 3, 1853, when Dr. Benjamin E. Dry (1819-1907) was appointed the first postmaster and the Dryville Post Office was established. The name change was done to honor Dr. Dry, although he was also a potter, and the son of John Dry (1785-1870) (or Drey), a German who had acquired the Melcher family pottery in 1804. It is unclear where John learned how to become a potter, although he may have previously worked for the Melcher family. But after Benjamin worked for his father, he moved to New Berlin, Union County, Pa., and continued to work in the pottery business with his uncle Jacon Egolf, before returning to Berks County to become a schoolteacher, a justice of the peace, and finally, the postmaster.
John was the son of Paul Dry Junior (1756-1818) and Elizabeth Ettinger Dry (born ca. 1760), both of whom were born
in Berks Couty. John married Salome Egolf Dry (1786-1863). The couple had five sons and six daughters, and at least two of the sons became potters; Benjamin and Daniel Dry (1811-72). Daniel then married Hannah Heffner Dry (18161900) on June 19, 1836, and the couple had seven children, four sons and three daughters. One of their sons, Nathaniel Dry (1842-64) became a third-generation potter. It is likely that other family members were involved in the pottery business during the ca. 1806 to 1880 period. Nonetheless, the Stony Point/Dryville Pottery is best known today for various sized one, two and three-colored slip decorated red earthenware plates, although the family manufactured a wide selection of forms, ranging from utilitarian shapes to whimsical objects and even molded pipes. In fact, some of John Dry’s early production seems to include sgraffito-decorated wares, such as one plate that is adorned with tulips and an urn, dated “1819” and inscribed in pencil on the back, “Made by John Dry /Dry Pottery/ Stony Point Pottery/Dryville/
Lydia /David Hess / Frederick / Bought by / C. Nippon / Nov. 16 1819.” He also appears to have made whimsical figures, including bird whistles.
There is also a ca. 1820s sgraffito-decorated red earthenware plate in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that is said to have been made by Daniel Dry, while working at his father’s business; the back of the plate is inscribed “Daniel,” while he is also known to have marked some of his production with a stamped “D D.”
Furthermore, Pennsylvania historian Guy Reinert, who wrote about Pennsylvania German culture in the early
20th century, discussed this topic. There is a file of his work at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, which includes his photos of the Pennsylvania potters, Jacob Medinger (18561932) and Isaac (1872-1950) and Thomas Stahl (1863-1942). Reinert also wrote an article for the January 1937 issue of “Historical Review of Berks County,” titled, “History of the Pennsylvania German Potters of Berks County.” It reads, “The Drys marketed their earthenwares successfully throughout Berks County, transporting finished loads by wagon to various local markets. Surviving records from the operation Continued on page 11
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These 19th-century two-color slip-decorated red earthenware plates were made by the Dry family. The slip technique resembles a tulip, whereas there are a variety of these types of designs known from the Dry family today ranging from one to three colors of slip. Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The 19th-century crossed two-color slip decorated red earthenware plate was made by Daniel Dry. The back is marked “D D.” Courtesy Brad Hamilton.
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indicate the range of goods offered and their prices. A number of simple plates in various sizes, decorated with a single, abstract two- or threecolor slip-trailed tulip, survive and are attributed to their manufactory. They are also thought to have produced a range of more ornate plates with customized inscriptions and commemorative dates for specific clients.”
Interestingly, a large 19th-century three-color slip decorated red earthenware plate was discovered a few years ago in Arizona, which may be related to the small group of plates that are known with crossing slip decorations
This is the information that Lester Breininger kept about his plate, purchased at a sale in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa. in 1999. Courtesy Michael Emery.
and impressed with repetitive coggled line designs. The back of this plate is also marked with the number “10.” There are aspects of this plate that are similar to known production from the Dry family. Nevertheless, the Drys were an incredibly talented family of potters, likely bestknown today for their various types of slip decoration, often found on dishes applied in wavy lines and tulips. But this family’s production is also just another dynamic to the talented group of German potters who worked throughout southeastern Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th century.
Sources Guy F. Reinert, “History of the Pennsylvania German Potters of Berks County.” Historical Review of Berks County, January 1937.
McBrien, Johanna. “Kindred Spirits.” Antiques & Fine Art Magazine, Spring 2023. Wagner, A.E. The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). Reading, PA: Eagle Book & Job Press, 1913.
19th-century slipdecorated red earthenware plate decorated with a threecolor crossing slip decoration and impressed coggle wheel design was recovered from a ca. 1760s archaeological context in southern New Jersey. Courtesy Tom Kennedy Jansen.
found a few years ago in Arizona and
by the
This 19th-century sgraffitodecorated plate, adorned with the year “1819,” is believed to have been made by John Dry in Stony Point, Pa. The back is inscribed in pencil, “Made by John Dry/ Dry Pottery/Stony Point Pottery/Dryville/Lydia/David Hess/Frederick/Bought by/ C. Nippon/Nov. 16 1819.” Courtesy Sotheby’s.
A 19th-century sgraffitodecorated red earthenware plate is adorned with the date “1824,” and inscribed on the back “Daniel.” The plate is thought to have been made by Daniel Dry in Stony Point, Pa. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This 19th-century red earthenware bird whistle reportedly was made by John Dry. Courtesy Winterthur Museum.
The back of the plate is marked with the number “8.”
Courtesy Gerard Paquin.
This
The back of this plate is not marked with a number. Courtesy Tom Kennedy Jansen.
This large 19th-century three-color slip decorated red earthenware plate was
likely made in Berks County, perhaps
Dry family in Stony Point/Dryville, Pa. Courtesy of a private collection.
The back of the plate is marked with the number “10.” Courtesy of a private collection.
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