American & Southern Auction | June 27, 2024
Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 682
Rare Large Heinrich Schaffner Attributed Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Vessel
Estimate: $50 - $150
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 |
Salem, North Carolina, circa 1830s, red glazed interior, tapered cylindrical jar, tapered base, tooled angular overhanging rim, 11-3/4 in.
Provenance: From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite
Note: this vessel was found in a barn on Union Cross Rd., in Forsyth County, NC, for similar examples refer to Michael O. Hanley, Salem Pottery after 1834: Heinrich Schaffner and Daniel Krause, Ceramics in America, 2009, figures 1 and 8,
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From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite
glaze voids and anomalies as made, wear and chips to interior glaze, abrasions, very old peeled branch repair around the circumference of the vessel, bottom two branches loose on vessel, hairline down from rim and around the top of jar under rim, another hairline on rim, five hairlines obscured by repair down side of jar to base, some evident in interior, wear to base edge, minor chips and wear to clay body, possible recoloring to areas of jar
