(Catawba County, North Carolina, late 1800s) five gallon storage jar, runny glassy brown alkaline glaze, applied lug handles at shoulder, incised "5" at shoulder, incised line decoration at neck, flared tooled rim, 15-1/2 in.; four gallon storage jar, light tan and brown alkaline glaze, incised "4" at shoulder, applied lug handles, tooled flared rim, 14-1/2 in.
Provenance: From the collection of the Ackland Art Museum, Gift of Charles Millard, sold to benefit acquisition funds
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From the collection of the Ackland Art Museum, Gift of Charles Millard, sold to benefit acquisition funds
glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, glaze fits, base edge wear, five gallon jar with rim wear, spalling on base, unstabilized thin hairline from rim down to shoulder of jar approximately 4 in. or so, 1/4 in. rim chip, four gallon jar with two 1 in. rim chips, another tiny chip, small chips to handle edges, 5 in. firing hairline across lower body as made
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