Lot #: 67
Price Realized: $600.00
($500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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 Canning Jar with Iron Slip Decoration, attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850, cylindrical jar with tapered shoulder and narrow opening with semi-rounded rim, slip-trailed with a continuous looping line of iron slip against a gray-green, alkaline-glazed ground. Provenance: A South Carolina private collection. Large, in-the-firing bloated area to lower half of jar. A stained 3 3/4" diagonal line to lower body of jar, extending onto underside. A stained, 2 1/8" vertical line at base, continuing onto underside. A 1 1/2" hairline from rim, extending from a shallow, in-the-firing chip. A 7/8" in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder and a tiny, 1/4" in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder. Jar leans to one side. H 8 1/2".
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