Edgefield District, South Carolina, circa 1850s, likely made at the Thomas Chandler Pottery, Kirksey's Crossroads, rare straight sided butter pot form, alkaline celadon glaze to interior with thick green glaze runs to one side of interior rim, alkaline celadon glaze to exterior with thick glaze runs across the front midsection of crock, applied double line and looping kaolin slip decoration to front and back of shoulder between two applied lug handles, applied single line looping kaolin slip decoration underneath both lug handles, "Chandler Maker" stamp just below thick tooled rim, 9-1/4 in. in height, approximately 29-3/8 in. in circumference

Provenance: Private South Carolina Collection

Note: In Cynda K. Baldwin's book, Great and Noble Jar; Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina, she refers to Thomas Chandler as " ..one of the area's most prolific potters..". This is likely the largest known Thomas Chandler butter pot to be offered at auction.

glaze voids and anomalies as made, minor wear on rim with very shallow and minor 1/2 in. shear flake to rim clay, some discoloration to kaolin slip as made, some miniscule flakes to ends of looping slip decoration likely as made, a few miniscule surface abrasions to glaze, tiny firing hairline to glaze at edge of one handle as made, illumination to interior of jar under black light due to variations in glaze and old residue, fine surviving example of rare form, very good condition overall