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September Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Sep 16, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 17, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 470

Solomon Loy Attributed Stoneware Jar

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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

(Alamance County, North Carolina, 1805-ca. 1860), salt glaze storage jar, one side of jar with dark green ash runs and kiln drips, glaze mottling over body, other greenish blue kiln drips to rim and body, "3" stamped under one of two applied upturned lug handles, down turned thick rim, 13 in.

Notes: This jar is pictured in Nancy Sweezy and Mark Hewitt, The Potters Eye, pages 32 and 33.

Condition

glaze anomalies as made, restoration to one handle, spider crack in base interior, several base edge chips and wear, crack to base exterior