Summer 2014 Preview

Summer 22 www.antiquesandfineart.com 66 Elm Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 • 203-972-1050 • fax: 203-972-1567 website: www.salleaantiques.com • e-mail: info@salleaantiques.com Antique Boxes and AWhole Lot More... Exhibiting at: Chicago International Art Antique & Jewelry Show, Chicago, IL, April 24-28 Antiques & Design Show of Nantucket, Nantucket Island, July 30-August 4 Sewickley Valley Antiques Show, Sewickley, PA - September 19-21 Theta Charity Antiques Show, Houston, TX - November 20-23 NOTEWORTH Y S A L E S Cobalt Blue Slip-Decorated Ovoid Stoneware Jug American, probably New York State, ca. 1835–1855 H. 16 inches Sold to the Cincinnati Art Museum Courtesy Frank & Barbara Pollack, Highland Park, Illinois This rare, possibly unique, subject of a balloon ascension is said to commemorate the historically significant 350-mile flight of Richard Clayton who ascended from the Cincinnati, Ohio, amphitheater in April 1835 and landed 9½ hours later in Monroe County, Virginia, breaking the world record for the farthest distance traveled in a balloon. Cincinnati Art Museum curator Amy Dehan has included this jug in a book she is authoring, Cincinnati Silver (1788–1941) ; there is a forthcoming exhibition of the same title (June 14–September 7, 2014).