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American & Southern Auction | June 27, 2024

Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 670

Three Large Early North Carolina Earthenware Dirt Dishes

Estimate: $300 - $600

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various makers, various Piedmont NC counties, early to mid 1800s, all with reddish orange lead glazed interiors, one with curved interior, wide foot, rounded rim edge, 2 x 12 in.; another with curved interior, tooled flat overhanging rim, wide foot, 2-1/2 x 11-3/4 in.; one with wide interior and foot, short curved walls, angled flat rim, 2-3/8 x 12 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite

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From the Collection of Charlotte and L. C. Beckerdite

glaze voids and anomalies as made, abrasions, chips and losses to glazes, losses to clay bodies, miniscule hairlines, 1 in. rim edge chip and clay body losses to underside of first dish, 3-1/4 in. rim loss to underside of flat rim on second dish, rims chips and lots of clay body loss to the underside of third dish