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American & Southern Auction | June 27, 2024

Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 648

Rare Alamance County North Carolina Slip Decorated Earthenware Dish

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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likely attributed to Salomon Loy, circa 1825, lead glazed surface, orange colored surface, decorated centrally with a manganese slip cruciform motif encircled by line and wavy line slip, flared outer edge of dish with applied cream and manganese slip decoration consisting of alternating grape cluster motifs and encircled bands of linework, flat angled rim edge, 10-1/2 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite

Note: the cruciform motif was popular with potters working in the St. Asaph's tradition in the 18th and 19th centuries, Illustrated in Linda F. Carnes - McNaughton's article Solomon Loy: Master Potter of the Carolina Piedmont, Ceramics in America, 2010, figure 37, pg. 127, also listed in the North Carolina Earthenware Database, online at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Library Search, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/YVAQFXHG5X3WG8D, 

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From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite

glaze voids and anomalies as made, wear and chips around entire edge, 5-3/4 in. of loss to edge and surface of dish, wear and abrasions to surface, wear to slip decoration