Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar, "Lm," David Drake at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, SC

Summer 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 21

Price Realized: $6,600.00

($5,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Three-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Inscribed "Lm," David Drake at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1855, ovoid jar with tooled rim arched strap handles, incised at the shoulder with the initials, "Lm," for Lewis Miles beside three incised punctates. Surface covered in a dynamic brown alkaline-glaze with lighter runs to midsection and base. Provenance: Recently surfaced in South Carolina. Shallow chips and wear to interior of rim. Minor chips to inner rim for lid. A top-to-bottom crack from rim on reverse, extending across underside and diagonally up front of jar to midsection below proper right handle. A few very minor base chips. H 13 1/4".