Nye & Company's Sept. 9-10 Chic & Antique Auction brings the Stradling Study Collection to market

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Aug. 28, 2026 - PRLog -- Nye & Company Auctioneers invites collectors, dealers, designers and connoisseurs everywhere to discover two days of exceptional objects at its Chic & Antique Auction, slated for September 9^th and 10^th, beginning at 10am Eastern Time both days.

At the heart of the sale is an extraordinary opportunity for collectors of American ceramics: over 100 lots from the Stradling Study Collection -- property from the celebrated New York City antiques dealers Diana and Gary Stradling. The collection launches the first session with pottery and related material—a remarkable concentration assembled by two dealers whose scholarship, eye and enthusiasm helped shape the American ceramics market for decades.

"Nye & Company is thrilled to bring The Stradling Study Collection to market in partnership with Connor Rush of SFR Antiques, whose assistance and scholarship were instrumental in completing the catalogue for this important offering," said Andrew Holter of Nye & Company Auctioneers.

Holter added, "Diana and J. Garrison 'Gary' Stradling have been partners in the antiques business since 1967 and became particularly respected for their expertise in American pottery, porcelain and glass. Their decades of collecting, dealing and scholarship placed them among the most influential specialists in American ceramics. The Stradling material is more than a group of exceptional objects—it's a window into the intellectual history of American ceramics collecting."

The collection is officially titled "The Stradling Study Collection: American Pottery at Its Most Collectible." Among the standouts is a rare signed "S. RISLEY / NORWICH" Connecticut relief-molded Rockingham-glazed stoneware corn pitcher, a superb example of the distinctive molded stoneware produced in 19^th century New England.

Also commanding attention is a Swan Hill Pottery (South Amboy, N.J.) molded Rockingham-glazed presentation Toby mug with frog. Swan Hill is a compelling chapter in the history of New Jersey ceramics. The pottery was established at South Amboy in 1849, and its early production is associated with makers including Edward Hanks and Charles Fish. The factory became known for yellow ware and Rockingham-glazed wares, part of the flourishing American pottery industry that drew heavily upon Staffordshire technology, designs and immigrant craftsmen.

Other highlights from the Stradling Study Collection include a Philadelphia relief-molded redware pitcher, attributed to Haig, and an equally scarce Bennington scroddled earthenware figural book flask with applied star. Together, these lots demonstrate the astonishing range of American ceramic ingenuity—from sophisticated relief molding to whimsical figural forms and boldly decorated earthenwares.

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