Lot #: 98
Price Realized: $330.00
($275 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three Salt-Glazed Stoneware Pitchers, Middle TN origin, late 19th or early 20th century, all of similar ovoid form, the two smaller examples with incised wavy line decoration to base of collar, each dipped in brown slip and covered in a clear salt glaze. Tallest with a 1" rim chip. Middle-sized pitcher with a 1/2" rim chip, a minor chip to spout, and a small in-the-firing surface flake to body. Smallest with shallow chips and wear to rim and spout, a hairline through handle, and surface wear to body, rim, and handle, the handle with minor traces of old paint spatter. H (of tallest) 11 1/4".
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