Attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, Tennessee Redware Pitcher
Winter 2025 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection
Lot #: 20
Estimate: $300-$500.A Note About Estimates
Minimum Bid: $75.
Lot #: 20
Estimate: $300-$500.A Note About Estimates
Minimum Bid: $75.
An estimate is an expected selling price for an item at auction. The price ranges for each lot are considered conservative in value, and are listed as a courtesy to our bidders to give them an idea of how much they may be expected to pay to win the item. It is entirely possible for an item to sell for less or more than the given estimate.
×Glazed Redware Pitcher, attributed to the Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN, circa 1850-1880, ovoid pitcher with flared collar and heavily-ribbed handle, the midsection accented with an incised wavy line below above three straight incised lines. Surface covered in an iron-flecked lead glaze, possibly tinted with manganese. Exhibited: Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Museum of East Tennessee History, May 16-October 30, 2011. Literature: Illustrated in Wahler, Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Part One, p. 131, fig. 138, p. 215, fig. 138. Provenance: Found in a Sullivan County, TN antiques shop in the 1970s. A small rim chip and minor rim wear. Some wear and/or in-the-firing glaze spalling to handle. Some diagonal in-the-firing fissures to base area. Two short in-the-firing fissures to base of handle. H 9 3/4".