Our Premier Autumn Auction | Session II | October 22, 2025
Wed, Oct 22, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 792
Rare and Important Buncombe County North Carolina Attributed Stoneware Jar
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for
$6,500
Sold Price excludes BP
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 |
possibly attributed to the Penland Pottery or Edward Stone, circa 1850s, round heavily tapered ovoid form, double dipped glaze, reddish orange underglaze with runny blackish red, brownish, and olive overglaze around entire shoulder, 5-1/2 in. applied arched strap handles to opposing shoulders, angled neck with flat angled rim, 12-3/4 in. tall, 45-1/4 in. circumference
Provenance: The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
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, other pieces are said to have "wagon wheel" style marks on the base.
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The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
glaze voids and anomalies as made, wear and abrasions to surface consistent with age and use, wear around belly, glaze scratches throughout, 1-1/2 in. loss to end of one handle, tight thin 12 in. zig zaging hairline down from loss at handle to base edge, tight 4-1/2 in. hairline down from shoulder, 1/2 interior rim chip, wear to interior rim edge, illumination to entire interior upper portion of jar due to sticky residue, two very small chips under base edge
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