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American & Southern | December 5, 2024

Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1136

Rare Large Kline and Brown Stamped Georgia Stoneware Pickle Jar

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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(Howells Mill, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1883) salt glaze to exterior, Albany slip glazed interior, stamped "KLINE & BROWN, MANUFACTURERS, ATLANTA, Ga." and upside down "4" at shoulder, applied arched lug handles, flared rim with drilled holes, led ledge, 19 in.

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 123, cat. no. 216, Burrison writes, "The holes in the rim were for securing the lid, "4" was stamped upside down to indicate seven gallons. Charles Kline married Emma Brown at jugtown, by 1883 they had moved to Atlanta. His partner may have been his father in law, potter William S. Brown." This is a rare stamp, this business arrangement was very short lived, very few stamped examples are known.

Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 192, photo 105, upper left piece

Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024

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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

glaze voids and anomalies as made, some surface wear, shrinkage hairline in interior as made, grease on exterior, faint 6 in. hairline to side of jar with associated 2 in. lateral hairline, residue on exterior, illumination under black light likely due to residue