Lot #: 27
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Bean Pot, Stamped "TJ HENRY / DS ALA," Sand Mountain, DeKalb County, AL origin, circa 1885, squat-shaped, cylindrical form with tapered shoulder and applied handle, the surface covered in a streaky brown alkaline glaze. Impressed at shoulder with the maker's mark of Thomas J. Henry, with "DS ALA" referring to Duck Springs, Alabama. Literature: For discussion on Henry and a photo of him in Confederate uniform, see Brackner, Alabama Folk Pottery, pp. 130-132. A 2 1/8" chipped section to rim with a 3 1/2" hairline descending from it. Two other small rim chips, one of which has a faint 2 1/2" line descending from it. A thin crack across underside, extending up body of pot to shoulder. Some shallow chipping to base, some or all of which occurred in the making. H 7 3/4".
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