Lot #: 55
Price Realized: $2,640.00
($2,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "1872," attributed to the Grindstaff Pottery, Blount County, TN, circa 1872, cylindrical jar with tapered shoulder and semi-rounded rim, impressed at the shoulder with a raised-face "1872" stamp and one-gallon capacity mark. Surface with streaky slip coating and clear salt glaze. 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. 24, fig. 6, p. 188, fig. 6. Very nice condition, the rim with two minor in-the-firing pings, the base with wear and a few minor nicks. H 10 1/4".
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