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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

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As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
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Lot 102

Two Pieces of Craven Family Stoneware

Estimate: $100 - $300
Starting Bid
$50

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early to mid 1800s, cream riser form, salt glaze, incised wavy line decorations to upper and lower body of jar, tapered base, flat rim, likely made by one of the Henderson County Cravens in Tennessee, 9 in. tall; salt glaze jug, glassy kiln drips on handle, rounded shoulder, thin looping strap handle with elongated tail and thumb pressed terminus, spout with angular tooled rim, possibly attributed to J.D. Craven, North Carolina, or one of the Tennessee Cravens, 10-3/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: Cream Riser exhibited at the East Tennessee Historical Society during an exhibition of Tennessee Turned Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee in 2011, no. 209

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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

glaze void and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, cream riser with rim losses throughout and entirely pieced back together, jug with residue and abrasions, kiln drips to handle, two hairlines to upper handle, kiln debris on base edge