Lot #: 20
Price Realized: $1,920.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Sand Mountain, AL Stoneware Jar with Alkaline Glaze, attributed to Archibald McPherson, Belcher's Gap, DeKalb County, AL, circa 1865-1885, cylindrical jar with tapered shoulder, vertical rim, and open handles, decorated at the rim, shoulder, and base with incised combing girded between incised banding. Incised "2" to shoulder. Surface covered in a mottled, olive-green alkaline glaze. Appealing form with classic Sand Mountain incised decoration. Long horizontal Y-shaped crack at base. Long, faint Y-shaped hairline to underside. H 12".
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