Lot #: 388
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Churns, attributed to Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, GA, circa 1875, both of semi-ovoid form with applied strap and lug handles, a four-gallon example with uniform green glaze, incised "4" under one handle, and a three-gallon example with streaked darker glaze, incised "3" under one handle. Provenance: Collection of Dr. John A. Burrison, Atlanta, GA; on loan to the Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA since 1981. Both in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of taller churn) 17".
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