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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

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As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
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Lot 94

Sand Mountain Alabama Stoneware Jar

Estimate: $300 - $600
Current Bid
$150

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(Sand Mountain, DeKalb County, mid to late 1800s) two tone alkaline lime glaze with tan glaze over entire body, runny olive green alkaline glaze from rim down to shoulder, blue rutile highlight at handle, short wide body, rounded shoulder, combed incised banded line decoration at shoulder, small tight applied strap handle, flared rim, likely attributed to T.J. Henry or E.E. McPherson, 6-1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

glaze voids and anomalies as made, 3/4 in. rim chip, two large hairlines across entire base, various other smaller associated hairlines in web form, all visible in interior with associated glaze chips, hairline from base up to rim with miniscule glaze frit, hairline visible in interior, two tone clay on base, no evidence of restorations, hairlines appear stable