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Emporium Auction | May 23, 2024

Thu, May 23, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 539

Three Pieces of Kim Ellington Pottery

Estimate: $200 - $400

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North Carolina, contemporary, tapered wide shouldered vase, runny brown alkaline glaze, streaky cream and rutile runs down from two applied ridged strap handles at shoulder, collared neck, angled tooled rim, "GKE" under glaze below handle, 16-1/2 in.; ovoid form jar, runny brown alkaline glaze, eight brown, cream, and rutile melt runs from shoulder of jar, applied ridged strap handles, tooled lines around neck, angled rim, "GKE" script and another mark under handle, 18 in.; cylindrical jar, dark olive green runny glaze, glassy tan, rutile, and green melt runs down from two applied lug handles, incised line decoration at shoulder, flared rim, "GKE" and "Hart Square" stamp at shoulder, inscribed "4" near handle, 18 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of Betty Holland, Charlotte, North Carolina

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, cylindrical vase with 1 in. chip to clay body at base edge near glaze possibly as made, otherwise good condition

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From the Collection of Betty Holland, Charlotte, North Carolina