Review by Rick Russack, Antiques and The Arts Weekly COLUMBUS, OHIO – Garth’s first sale of 2023 got the year off to a good start. The sale featured more than 80 lots from the collection of Dr Howard A. Tin, a psychologist from Springfield, Ill. The collection, emphasizing color and surface, had been assembled over a 40-year period and featured several windmill weights, folk art architectural house and church models, along with Illinois furniture and other folk art. The balan

Above: Not a lot is known about this Ohio potter, but a bit of detective work found the origins of this jug he made that is decorated with an incised heron. Riley Bratton remains a bit of a mystery when it comes to Ohio potters, but some of the utilitarian stoneware he produced in Muskingum County in the mid-19th century has an intriguing characteristic: incised designs that make them of considerable interest to stoneware and folk art collectors. Check out this month's column