Lot #: 56
Price Realized: $2,880.00
($2,400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "W. GRINSTAFF:," Grindstaff Pottery, Blount County, TN, circa 1870-1890, wide, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and small lug handles, decorated below the rim with dentile coggling. Surface covered in a heavy salt glaze over brown slip, resulting in a greenish "frogskin" coloration. 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. 32, fig. 18, p. 45, pl. 3, p. 94, and p. 190, fig. 18. Rim chips. Rim is out-of-round. In-the-firing, glazed-over losses to proper left handle. Small base chips. H 10 1/4".
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