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American & Southern Auction | June 27, 2024

Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 665

Rare Dicks Family North Carolina Earthenware Jar

Estimate: $300 - $600

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Guilford or Randolph County, 19th century, orange colored lead glaze, full glazed interior, partial glazed exterior over handles and shoulder, incised banded wavy line decoration at shoulder, strap type lug handle mostly detached from body at shoulder, impressed thumb marks at handle terminals, collared rim with lid ledge, 8-3/8 in. 

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

Note: For a similar examples see Hal and Eleanor Pugh's article, The Quaker Ceramic Tradition in Piedmont North Carolina, Ceramics in America, 2010, pg. 83, figure 28, for other examples see North Carolina Pottery: Earthenware, Stoneware, and Fancyware, 2011, Stephen C. Compton, pgs. 42 and 43

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From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite

glaze voids and anomalies as made, 1 in. rim chip, other minor rim wear, wear to glaze at edge of handles, body and jar interior, surface discoloration, wear and abrasions, pebble in wall of jar as made, small clay body anomaly on lower body