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Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 538

Rare Form Catawba Valley Watering Can

Estimate: $200 - $400

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
probably early 1900s, runny green alkaline glaze, banded and rowed incised stipple decoration to entire piece with alternating tree form decoration throughout, one remaining strap handle at side of can, large flared rim spout to front, flared foot at base, 13-1/2 in.. Condition: glaze voids and anomalies as made, loss of two strap handles, hairline crack from base to over top of can, glaze pearls, abrasions to glaze. Notes: Former Collection of Milton J. Block and Mary Karen Villines, also pictured in "Potters of the Catawba Valley" by Daisy Wade Bridges, pg 65 no. 76.. Provenance: Sewell Collection, Georgia

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, loss of two strap handles, hairline crack from base to over top of can, glaze pearls, abrasions to glaze