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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 95

Unusual Decorated Southern Stoneware Vessel

Estimate: $100 - $300

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$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

possibly Alabama, mid to late 1800s, dark green speckled alkaline glaze, underfired side with brownish yellow speckles, ovoid form, two impressed coggle wheel lines to lower body, large combed wavy line decoration to belly of jar, another impressed coggle wheel line at belly, alternating straight combed line decoration and combed wavy line decoration to shoulder of jar, strap handles to opposing shoulders of jar with thumb impressed terminals, tight flared rim, 11-1/2 in.

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: Originally found in an estate in Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama.

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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, loss to 5 in. of rim, firing flaws, chips to glaze and clay body throughout, several hairlines to rim, repair to 6 in. portion of rim, black residue around base edge, firing separation around interior base, hairlines around base edge, wear and chips to base edge, restoration to one handle