Marc filled me in on what these are, and sent me a link to a Jalopnik article, which refers to Mr Jalopy's website post https://www.instagram.com/cocosvariety (wow, I got such a kick out of his blogs in 2006-2008, even met him once when I stopped by his bike store just to let him know he'd been a great influence on me to blog https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/01/i-looked-up-my-jalopys-bike-shop-cocos.html)
the Ohio-based Roseville Pottery Company were part of the relatively inexpensive art-pottery market in the early 1900s. Roseville produced a lot of different types and genres of styles and designs. Here are their only automotive-based line, known as the Tourist or Touring series. https://www.pbs.org/video/roseville-tourist-jardiniere-ca-1915-4hzzei/
The Tourist pattern captures the early days of motoring when it was viewed as an annoying folly of the rich. Each piece takes a poke at motorists wherein the broken down car is pulled by horse team, the auto scares chickens or a horse is spooked which throws the rider.
and now you can see 5 different pieces that Bob Harrington collected
Roseville Pottery is a well-known pottery company from Roseville, Ohio, near where my grandparents lived. They were known for making vases and decorative dishes. I googled Roseville Pottery Tourist and found a few sites showing dishes like these that sold for around $1000, so they are pretty rare and valuable.
ReplyDeleteSince the pictures on the pottery aren't very flattering, I think the explanation in this Jalopnik article makes more sense than the auction description.
ReplyDeletehttps://jalopnik.com/there-was-once-a-genre-of-pottery-all-about-making-fun-1846046478
thanks! I had no idea! There are 5 items on that auction, and I didn't realize those were rare expensive things. I just emailed Mr Jalopy (I went to his bike shop in 2013 to meet him) because in 2006 or so, he had a terrific blog, Hooptyrides, which isn't online anymore. Anyway, I hope he gets them, as he has been looking for some for a long time, and isn't likely to find some for sale again any time soon.
DeleteThank you for the in depth info! I added that to the post, and added all 5 items in a couple more photos, as that now, has more info than possibly any other online source
You're welcome. I hope it works out for Mr. Jalopy.
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