Carole Wahler Collection, Winter 2025 Auction Highlights

*All listed prices include 20% buyer's premium.

$90,000

Face Jug for "The Honorable Frederick Douglass," Impressed J.A. ROBERTS / COOKEVILLE / POTTERY / TENN / 25 CTS.

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, TENNESSEE POTTERY

$84,000

Stoneware Water Cooler "Made by Jn Floyd / June 30 1857 / Knox County Tenn," John Floyd at the Graves Pottery

$78,000

Stoneware Jug, "Aug the 30 / 1864 / Maid an Sold at / A low price fore Confederate / Money by me Thomas Ownbey," Thomas Owenby, Union District, South Carolina

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA STONEWARE

$57,000

Alabama Stoneware Torso / Face Jug, Inscribed "W," circa 1850-1880

$54,000

J. A. LOWE (John Alexander Lowe, 1833-1902), Greene County, Tennessee Redware Jar, circa 1852-1862

$51,000

Edgefield District, South Carolina, Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, third quarter 19th century

$42,000

HAUN Redware Jar, Made by Union Sympathist Bridge Burner Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, Tennessee

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER HAUN

$31,200

"Henry Watkins / 1852" Redware Jar, Guilford or Randolph County, North Carolina

$28,800

Open-Handled Redware Jar Inscribed "C," Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, Tennessee, c1830-80

$26,400

Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tenn. Stoneware Presentation Ring Jug Inscribed "Samuel Davault / June 25 / 1896"

$24,000

Middle Tennessee Stoneware Vase: "I AM FROM 10EC"

$24,000

Attrib. Jacob Eichelberger Pottery, Talladega County, Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Profuse Incised Decoration

$24,000

"17th october 1836" Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug attrib. David Drake, Pottersville, Edgefield District, SC

$20,400

Alabama Open-Handled Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Decoration, second half 19th century

$20,400

JUGTOWN / WARE Large-Sized Art Pottery Vase w/ Chinese Blue Glaze, Jugtown, North Carolina, circa 1930

$19,200

Attrib. John Davis Leopard, Rusk County, Texas Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher w/ Iron Slip Decoration, c1860-1875

$19,200

Great Road Copper-and-Manganese-Decorated Redware Jar, Smyth County, VA

$19,200

Pennsylvania Redware Bowl w/ Elaborate Four-Color-Slip Decoration and Pennsylvania-German Slogan, early 19th century

$18,000

Attrib. Phoenix Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$18,000

CHANDLER / MAKER (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC), Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Cake Crock with Kaolin Slip Decoration, c1850

$16,800

"C.T. Brown / Rock MiLLS" Stoneware Pitcher w/ Profuse Punchwork Decoration, Charles Thomas "Charley" Brown, Rock Mills, Alabama

$16,800

Small-Sized Stoneware Presentation Jug attrib, G. & A. Black, Somerfield, PA, Inscribed "Joseph Kernouse"

$15,600

Redware Jar w/ Manganese Slip Foliate Decoration, Dated 1880, attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, TN

$14,400

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861) Copper-Glazed Redware Jar, Greene County, Tennessee

$14,400

Attrib. Phoenix Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$14,400

DANL, CRIB S / TUSCALOOSA (Daniel Cribbs Pottery, Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug, circa 1830

$14,400

WHEELING POTTERY Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Eagle and Bird Motifs, Wheeling, VA (now West Virginia), c1817

$13,200

Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Lidded Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Leaf Decoration, mid to late 19th century

$11,400

Attrib. Silas Watkins, Randolph or Guilford Counties, NC Redware Jug

$11,400

MONMOUTH POTTERY CO., Monmouth, Illinois, Stoneware Cow Figural

$9,600

Attrib. Nathaniel Rochester, West Bloomfield, NY Redware Pitcher w/ Three-Color Slip Decoration

$9,600

D S (Daniel Seagle, Vale, North Carolina) Fifteen-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$9,600

Eastern Tennessee Double-Handled Redware Jug w/ Manganese Slash Decoration

$9,000

Stoneware Face Jug attrib. William Hewell at the "Daddy Bill" Dorsey Pottery, White County, Georgia

$9,000

Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Incised Inscription, Daniel Mayner at the Moses P. Harmon Pottery, Greene County, TN

$7,800

Copper-Glazed Redware Jar attrib. J.A. Lowe or possibly Jackson Campbell, Greene County, Tenn.

$7,200

SOLOMON BELL / STRASBURG / Va Redware Pitcher

$7,200

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar w/ Profuse Manganese Swag Decoration

$7,200

Large-Sized Stoneware Face Vessel Fragment attrib. James Hamilton, Beaver, PA

$7,200

Stoneware Jar w/ Applied Decoration, attrib. Hedgecough Pottery, Putnam County, Tennessee

$6,600

Decoupaged Redware Vases attrib. Emanuel Suter, New Erection Pottery, near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, VA

$6,000

Miniature Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitcher attrib. Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tenn.

$6,000

W GRINSTAFF Stoneware Lidded Sugar Bowl, Tennessee, probably Knox County

$5,700

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN Copper-Decorated Redware Jug

$5,700

Attrib. Trapp and Chandler Pottery, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration

$5,400

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration

$5,100

Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tennessee Stoneware Flowerpot

$5,100

Redware Jar attrib. Hinkle-Mort Pottery, Jefferson County, Tennessee

$4,800

A. KEISTER & CO / STRASBURG, VA Stoneware Pitcher

$4,500

Stoneware Jug attrib. David Drake at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC

$4,500

Redware Jar, Tennessee or North Carolina origin

$4,500

S. BELL, Samuel Bell, Winchester or Strasburg, VA Stoneware Jar, c1840

$4,500

W GRINSTAFF, Knox County, Tennessee Stoneware Pitcher

$4,500

WEAVER & BRO / Knoxville / Tenn Stoneware Jar

$4,200

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, Tennessee Stoneware Jug w/ White-Slip Decoration

$4,200

Alamance County, NC Redware Sugar Jar w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$3,900

Stoneware Flowerpot: "Manufactured By J R. Wooton / August the 12 1890 / For Hattie Fulperson," Hawkins County, TN

$3,900

Large-Sized Stoneware Vase w/ Cobalt Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin

$3,900

"T. B L," Thomas B. Love Pottery, McMinn County, Tennessee Stoneware Pitcher

$3,900

Attrib. Decker Pottery Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn

$3,900

Redware Pitcher attrib. Nathan Dicks, Randolph County, NC

$3,600

"J.P. Bodie / maker" Stoneware Jar, Jesse P. Bodie, Kirksey's Crossroads, Edgefield District, SC

$3,600

Attrib. Whelchel Family, Union County, SC Stoneware Jar

$3,600

WINCHESTER / POTTERIES / VA Redware Pitcher, Thedy Fleet, Round Hill Pottery

$3,480

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron-Slip Decoration

$3,480

Attrib. Stork/Landrum Pottery, Columbia, SC Stoneware Coffee Boiler

$3,480

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar w/ Strap Handles

$3,480

D.G. THOMPSON / Morgantown, West Virginia Stoneware Jar

$3,360

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar

$3,240

Attrib. Isaac Warnack, Upper Alton, IL Stoneware Presentation Jar, c1840

$3,240

E.W. MORT / ALUM WELLS, VA Stoneware Jar

$3,240

Craven Family, Randolph or Moore County, NC Stoneware Jug

$3,120

Stoneware Jar Impressed "M", probably Robert Mathis, Pottersville, Edgefield District, SC

$3,120

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$3,120

Redware Jug, probably Henkel-Spigle Pottery, Amsterdam, Botetourt County, VA, possibly Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN

$3,000

Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Floral Design, Baltimore or James River Valley of VA

$3,000

Ohio Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Tree Decoration

$3,000

DS (Daniel Seagle, Vale, NC) Stoneware Jug, c1840

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Wahler Sale 2025

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