Lot #: 11
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Glazed Redware Jar, Carter County, TN origin, circa 1820-1840, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, tall collar with semi-rounded rim, and ribbed strap handles with depressed terminals, the surface covered in a black lead-and-manganese glaze. Old gold paint to handles and rim. Provenance: Originally found in Carter County, TN. Some light, scattered glaze wear to body. Rim is out of round. A small chip to one handle. A few small chips to interior of rim. Some faintly-glazed areas to jar, as-made. A faint 4 1/2" Y-shaped hairline to underside, forming a vertical 7" hairline ascending base below one handle. A few minor in-the-firing pings to surface. Minor traces of old green paint to surface. A few very short, faint vertical lines at base, not visible on interior. Interior with scratches and some small flakes. H 13 1/2".
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