Lot #: 38
Price Realized: $88.50
($75 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Five-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, attributed to Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, second quarter 19th century, ovoid jar with tooled midsection and shoulder, angled rim molding, and delicately lug handles, the surface covered in a salt glaze with heavy adherence to shoulder. Incised "5" under one handle. Provenance: Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society Auction #45; Descended in the family of Solomon Loy. Very nice condition with a very tight, approximately 4 1/2" X-shaped line under handle and a minor base chip.
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