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Emporium Auction | January 25, 2024

Thu, Jan 25, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 803

Edgefield District South Carolina Stoneware Jug

Estimate: $400 - $800

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possibly attributed Dave Drake at the John Landrum pottery, circa 1840s, dark olive greenish brown runny alkaline glaze, lopsided ovoid form, collared neck with tooled spout, ridged applied strap handle with thumb impression, two straight lines in glaze on lower body possibly unintentional, 13 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Note: There are no slash marks or punctuates on the shoulder of this jug which are typically found on many pieces of Dave Drake's body of work.

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface abrasions and glaze frits throughout, 11 in. stabilized hairline down from spout to side of jug, long stabilized curving hairline from rim to belly of jug and back up across shoulder to rim, other associated stabilized hairlines to upper body of jug, clay body blowout at belly, restoration to spout and upper portion of handle, illumination to top of jar and hairlines down sides, glaze frits around belly of jug 

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Private North Carolina Collection