American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1239
Three Pieces of I.H. Craven Attributed Georgia Stoneware
Estimate: $300 - $600
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(Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia, 1839 - a.1900) circa 1870s to 1880s, all with variations of his iron sand ash glaze, syrup jug, red iron sand alkaline ash glaze, tall tapered form, wide strap handle with tail, short spout with ringed neck, 17 in.; whisky jug, dark green and light green runny iron sand alkaline ash glaze, some yellowish highlights, ridged strap handle, collared spout, 11-3/4 in.; spittoon, thick reddish brown and streaky black sheen glaze with yellowish highlights, curved side and top, large hole on top, small hole in the side, 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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
Illustrated: Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 1983, spittoon, pg. 249, photo 132, both jugs, pg. 250, photo 133. Jugs also illustrated in From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Folk Pottery of Northeast Georgia, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2010, pg. 49, lower photo, two jugs on left.
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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, minor surface abrasions, syrup jug with indented rim as made, minor scuffs, frits and abrasions to surface, base edge wear, whiskey jug with, scuffs and abrasions to surface, base edge wear, a few glaze frits on side of spittoon, kiln debris, glaze chips and wear to base edge, most chips as made, bottom of spittoon illuminates orange under blacklight possibly due to residue, no apparent repair or restoration, otherwise all in fair condition
