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Emporium Auction | January 25, 2024

Thu, Jan 25, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 821

Rare Pair of Catawba Valley Storage Vessels

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

likely attributed to the Hartsoe, Probst, or Reinhardt families of potters, late 1800s to early 1900s, two matched storage jars, beautiful light olive green alkaline glaze with rutile highlights, one with substantially more rutile than the other, the other with lots of cream speckling, angled, ridged neck, stamped "3" on each jar under one of two applied lug handles, curved neck with flared rim, 14-1/4 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, piece with heavy rutile has 3/4 in. base edge chip and firing hairline at base edge sealed with glaze as made, other minor base edge wear, both pieces in good condition

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Private North Carolina Collection