Extremely Rare Putnam County, Tennessee Stoneware Jar: "Barr's Potter Kiln," Jacob C. Barr

Fall 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 93

Estimate: $800-$1,200.A Note About Estimates

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Sold!  $2,900.

Extremely Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Handled Jar, Inscribed "Barr's Potter Killn(sic)," Jacob C. Barr, Putnam County, Tennessee, second half 19th century, cylindrical jar with flared rim and applied strap handle, featuring an incised design of a pointing hand beside the incised signature, "Barr's Potter Killn(sic)." This is the only signed example of Jacob Barr's stoneware of which we are aware. He is noted in both Samuel D. Smith and Stephen T. Rogers, A Survey of Historic Pottery Making in Tennessee (1979, p. 76) and Smith and Rogers, Tennessee Potteries, Pots, and Potters - 1790s to 1950: Volume 1 (2011, p. 59) as a Putnam County stoneware potter; in the latter source his dates are given as circa 1870's-1907, but he appears as a potter in the 1860 federal census, as well. A very rare and newly discovered example of Tennessee stoneware. Excellent, essentially as-made condition H 11 3/8".

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