Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025
Wed, Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 89
Rare and Important Buncombe County North Carolina Attributed Stoneware Jar
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
likely attributed to Edward Stone, Pole Creek Area, Buncombe County, circa 1850s, unusual double dipped alkaline glaze, reddish glaze to entire large ovoid form, runny black glaze from shoulder with greenish and yellow highlights, thin arched lug handles applied at shoulders, curved neck with tooled angled rim, 15-3/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
Note: Edward Stone was one of the earliest Western NC potters. It is believed he worked in the Edgefield District, South Carolina, in the 1840s and may have been associated with a Thomas Chandler stoneware manufactory prior to moving to Buncombe County. He set up shop in Candler and apprenticed J.S. Penland. He is believed to be the link between Edgefield style forms with alkaline glazes and the Western North Carolina utilitarian stoneware tradition. Several glazed forms, similar to the one offered here, have turned up in the Buncombe County area and are in private collections. One of them has a hard to discern "ESTONE" stamp on the belly of the jar under the runny black overglaze..
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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface abrasions and glaze frits throughout, wear to entire interior rim edge, glaze frits to exterior rim edge, abrasions to interior throughout, professional 5 in. rim restoration that illuminates under black light, associated 5 in. hairline running down towards the handle, then splitting and heading 6 in. to the left and 5 in. to the right forming a large stabilized "Y" hairline visible under black light, miniscule spider hairline to lower body in glaze, other miniscule hairlines in glaze, minor glaze frits to handles edges
