Large-Sized Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Floral Decoration, possibly John Floyd at the Graves Pottery, Knox County, TN

Winter 2025 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 47

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

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Large-Sized Stoneware Pitcher with Incised Floral Decoration, possibly John Floyd at the Graves Pottery, Knox County, TN, 19th century, ovoid pitcher with tooled collar, decorated with an incised and cobalt-highlighted design of a daisy plant with leaves emanating from the blossom. Brushed drape decoration to collar. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Related to Hartford, Connecticut stoneware as well as a small body of work produced by John Floyd at the Graves Pottery in Knox County, Tennessee. Provenance: The Georgeanna H. Greer Collection of Important American Stoneware, Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, NY, January 13th 1993, lot 92. Heavy chipping to rim. A crack in underside, forming a large spider crack emanating from the base on reverse, part of which extends to the proper right side of the pitcher and part of which extends across the proper left side of the pitcher and partway onto the front of the pitcher at midsection. Areas of surface wear. H 15 3/4".

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