Marshall TX Daisy Pitcher
Updated September 5, 2026
| Lot number | 165 |
| Auction | Hancock Estate Auction |
| Date | September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM CDT |
| Auction house | Harrison Auction & Realtor |
| Location | Gracemont, Oklahoma |
HAND-TURNED YESTERYEARS STONEWARE PITCHER - MARSHALL, TEXAS - HAND-PAINTED WHITE DAISIES WITH DOUBLE BLUE BANDS A big, honest piece of East Texas stoneware. This hand-turned pitcher has the tall shouldered farmhouse form with a pinched pouring spout, a heavy pulled handle, and the double cobalt blue stripe that Marshall Pottery's stoneware line is known for. Across the front, a full spray of white daisies with golden centers is hand painted over a soft green wash with fine brown tendrils, and a small artist's mark appears at the lower right of the decoration. The body is a warm oatmeal cream with the natural speckle and faint throwing rings of hand-turned stoneware. Marked on the base for Yesteryears of Marshall, Texas. Great as a working pitcher, a utensil or wooden-spoon crock on the counter, or a vase for sunflowers and dried arrangements. Sold as one piece. Description Hand-turned stoneware pitcher, tall shouldered body tapering to a straight base, flared collar with a pinched pouring spout and a full pulled loop handle. Stands approximately 8-1/4" tall per the tape-measure photograph, with a top opening measuring roughly 4-1/2" across. The tape lies at a slight angle in the photographs, so bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. Cream to oatmeal glaze with natural tan and brown speckling throughout and visible hand-thrown ridges inside the body. Two thin cobalt blue bands encircle the shoulder and continue around the back. Hand-painted floral decoration on the front and sides: five large white daisies with golden yellow and brown centers, dark green leaves, a mossy green ground wash, and thin rust-brown curling tendrils. A small hand-painted artist's signature or initial is visible at the lower right of the floral spray - see photographs. Base mark: blue circular stamp reading YESTERYEARS around the top with HAND TURNED across the center and MARSHALL, TEXAS around the bottom. Attribution note Marshall Pottery of Marshall, Texas was founded in 1895 by W. F. Rocker, drawn to East Texas by its spring water and white clay deposits, and passed to Sam Ellis in 1905, according to the Texas Historical Commission marker and the company's own history. It survived the collapse of the syrup-jug and canning-jar trade largely on Prohibition-era moonshine jugs, later became the country's largest maker of red clay flower pots, and kept a hand-turning division staffed by master potters, including Pete Payne, who demonstrated his work at the Smithsonian. The retail store opened in 1974 and became one of East Texas's biggest tourist draws, where visitors watched potters produce the signature gray-cream stoneware with its double blue stripe. The Austin Chronicle describes Yesteryears Pottery as an offshoot of Marshall Pottery, and pieces carrying this Yesteryears hand-turned Marshall, Texas stamp are generally late-twentieth-century production. Marshall Pottery's stoneware manufacturing and retail outlet closed in 2015, ending the ha
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