The Carole Carpenter Wahler Collection: Auction Highlights

$108,000

Redware Jar w/ Crosshatched Copper-Slip Decoration, attrib. C.A. Haun Pottery, Greene County, TN, c1840-60

WORLD AUCTION, TENNESSEE POTTERY (and Tennessee Redware)

$102,000

W GRINSTAFF / KNOXVILLE TENN. (William Grindstaff) Stoneware Figural Jug, c1885-95

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, TENNESSEE STONEWARE

$102,000

John Floyd, Knox County, Tennessee Stoneware Water Cooler: "John Tyler Vetoes Nobody," 1842

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, TENNESSEE STONEWARE

$90,000

Face Jug for "The Honorable Frederick Douglass," Impressed J.A. ROBERTS / COOKEVILLE / POTTERY / TENN / 25 CTS.

$84,000

Stoneware Water Cooler "Made by Jn Floyd / June 30 1857 / Knox County Tenn," John Floyd at the Graves Pottery

$78,000

Stoneware Jug, "Aug the 30 / 1864 / Maid an Sold at / A low price fore Confederate / Money by me Thomas Ownbey," Union District, SC

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA STONEWARE

$78,000

"Made By Wm. Decker / July 9th 1892" Stoneware Face Jug, Washington County, Tennessee

$57,000

Alabama Stoneware Torso / Face Jug, Inscribed "W," circa 1850-1880

$54,000

J. A. LOWE (John Alexander Lowe, 1833-1902), Greene County, Tennessee Redware Jar, circa 1852-1862

$54,000

"Lm / Jan 12 1864 / Dave" Open-Handled Stoneware Jar by David Drake

$51,000

Edgefield District, South Carolina, Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, third quarter 19th century

$42,000

HAUN Redware Jar, Made by Union Sympathist Bridge Burner C. A. Haun, Greene County, Tennessee

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER HAUN

$42,000

J. MORT (Hinkle-Mort Pottery, Jefferson County, TN) Stoneware Jug

$39,000

Baltimore Stoneware Face Jug, David Parr, Jr., circa 1835

$36,000

"I Want You for My Master" Stoneware Vase by "GW Dunn / Pumpkin / Center," Putnam County, TN

$31,200

"Henry Watkins / 1852" Redware Jar, Guilford or Randolph County, North Carolina

$28,800

Open-Handled Redware Jar Inscribed "C," Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, Tennessee, c1830-80

$28,800

C A HAUN & CO NO 1, Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN Redware Jar

$28,800

North Carolina or Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar, c1790-1860

$26,400

Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tenn. Stoneware Presentation Ring Jug Inscribed "Samuel Davault / June 25 / 1896"

$26,400

Attrib. Jacob Eichelberger Pottery, Talladega County, Alabama Stoneware Jar

$25,200

Greene County, Tennessee Open-Handled Redware Jar

$25,200

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Four-Handled Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$25,200

"George Mort May the 27th 1859," Hinkle-Mort Pottery, Jefferson County, TN Redware Jug

$24,000

Middle Tennessee Stoneware Vase: "I AM FROM 10EC"

$24,000

Attrib. Jacob Eichelberger, Talladega County, Alabama Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Decoration

$24,000

"17th october 1836" Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug attrib. David Drake, Pottersville, Edgefield District, SC

$22,800

"Silas Watkins / 1846," Randolph or Guilford Counties, North Carolina

$20,400

Alabama Open-Handled Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Decoration, second half 19th century

$20,400

JUGTOWN / WARE Large-Sized Art Pottery Vase w/ Chinese Blue Glaze, Jugtown, North Carolina, circa 1930

$19,200

Attrib. John Davis Leopard, Rusk County, Texas Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher w/ Iron Slip Decoration, c1860-1875

$19,200

Great Road Copper-and-Manganese-Decorated Redware Jar, Smyth County, VA

$19,200

Pennsylvania Redware Bowl w/ Elaborate Four-Color-Slip Decoration and Pennsylvania-German Slogan, early 19th century

$19,200

Dunn Pottery, Smithville, Tennessee Stoneware Compote for "Miss Dunn," 1889

$18,000

Attrib. Phoenix Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$18,000

CHANDLER / MAKER (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC), Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Cake Crock with Kaolin Slip Decoration, c1850

$18,000

Attrib. Buck Family Pottery, Wythe County, VA Redware Jar

$16,800

"C.T. Brown / Rock MiLLS" Stoneware Pitcher w/ Profuse Punchwork Decoration, Charles Thomas "Charley" Brown, Rock Mills, Alabama

$16,800

Small-Sized Stoneware Presentation Jug attrib, G. & A. Black, Somerfield, PA, Inscribed "Joseph Kernouse"

$16,800

Attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN, Redware Jar, c1840-70

$16,800

"A Present ... Made by / C.F. Decker / Nov 26th / 1898," Decker Pottery, Washington County, TN Stoneware Pitcher

$16,800

Decker Pottery (Washington County, Tenn.) Stoneware Turtle Inkstand

$15,600

Redware Jar w/ Manganese Slip Foliate Decoration, Dated 1880, attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, TN

$15,600

Alabama Open-Handled Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Decoration

$15,600

"T.I.M.4," Thomas Myers, Smyth County, VA Redware Jug

$15,600

C A HAUN & CO (Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN) Redware Pitcher

$14,400

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861) Copper-Glazed Redware Jar, Greene County, Tennessee

$14,400

Attrib. Phoenix Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$14,400

DANL, CRIB S / TUSCALOOSA (Daniel Cribbs Pottery, Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug, circa 1830

$14,400

WHEELING POTTERY Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Eagle and Bird Motifs, Wheeling, VA (now West Virginia), c1817

$14,400

Attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN Redware Jar

$13,200

Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Lidded Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Leaf Decoration, mid to late 19th century

$11,400

Attrib. Silas Watkins, Randolph or Guilford Counties, NC Redware Jug

$11,400

MONMOUTH POTTERY CO., Monmouth, Illinois, Stoneware Cow Figural

$11,400

Attrib. Hedgecough Pottery, Putnam County, TN Stoneware Heart Jar

$11,400

C.A. HAUN & CO NO 1 (Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN) Redware Jar

$11,400

SMITH (Samuel Smith Pottery, Knox County, Tenn.) Stoneware Flask, c1820-30

$11,400

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, Tennessee Stoneware Heart Jar

$10,800

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun or J.A. Lowe, Greene County, TN Redware Jar

$10,800

"Maj. T Owenby," Union District, South Carolina Stoneware Jar

$10,800

Southwestern VA or Eastern TN Redware Jar w/ Open Handles

$10,200

Probably Greene County, Tennessee Manganese-Glazed Redware Jar

$10,200

Attrib. Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tenn. Small-Sized Jug w/ Stripe and Spot Decoration

$9,600

Attrib. Nathaniel Rochester, West Bloomfield, NY Redware Pitcher w/ Three-Color Slip Decoration

$9,600

D S (Daniel Seagle, Vale, North Carolina) Fifteen-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$9,600

Eastern Tennessee Double-Handled Redware Jug w/ Manganese Slash Decoration

$9,600

Alabama Stoneware Torso Jug, late 19th century

$9,600

JUGTOWN WARE, North Carolina Stoneware Vase w/ Chinese Blue Glaze, c1930

$9,000

Stoneware Face Jug attrib. William Hewell at the "Daddy Bill" Dorsey Pottery, White County, Georgia

$9,000

Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Incised Inscription, Daniel Mayner at the Moses P. Harmon Pottery, Greene County, TN

$9,000

"Lm," David Drake at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jug

$8,400

Cartersville, Georgia, Stoneware Figural Bottle, attrib. William Joseph Gordy, c1935

$8,400

Attrib. Phoenix Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Cake Crock

$8,400

W. GRINSTAFF (William Grindstaff, Blount County, TN) Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Cardinal Bird

$7,800

Copper-Glazed Redware Jar attrib. J.A. Lowe or possibly Jackson Campbell, Greene County, Tenn.

$7,800

Greene County, Tenn. Lidded Redware Jar w/ Copper Glaze

$7,800

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jug w/ Iron-Slip Floral Decoration

$7,800

Attrib. Reverend John Landrum Pottery, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jug, possibly Dave, c1825

$7,800

WHM (William Henry Mottern), Carter County, Tenn. Redware Jar

$7,800

Attrib. Meaders Family, probably Cheever Meaders, Cleveland, GA Stoneware Face Jug

$7,200

SOLOMON BELL / STRASBURG / Va Redware Pitcher

$7,200

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar w/ Profuse Manganese Swag Decoration

$7,200

Large-Sized Stoneware Face Vessel Fragment attrib. James Hamilton, Beaver, PA

$7,200

Stoneware Jar w/ Applied Decoration, attrib. Hedgecough Pottery, Putnam County, Tennessee

$7,200

West Tennessee Stoneware Figural String Holder

$7,200

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, possibly with Reverend John Trapp, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jug

$7,200

Stoneware Churn attrib. John Floyd at the Graves Pottery, Knox County, TN, c1840-60

$7,200

Whelchel Family, Gaffney, SC Area Stoneware Churn w/ Heart Decoration

$7,200

J. MILLER / WHEELING, VA (West Virginia) Stoneware Pitcher

$6,600

Decoupaged Redware Vases attrib. Emanuel Suter, New Erection Pottery, near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, VA

$6,600

"M A CAIN / Jug Maid(sic) / by A B CAIN 1869," Abraham B. Cain, Sullivan County, TN Redware Jug

$6,600

T.B.L. (Thomas B. Love), McMinn County, TN Stoneware Jar

$6,600

J. MILLER / WHEELING, VA (West Virginia) 1833 Stoneware Jar

$6,600

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, Tennessee Redware Canning Jar

$6,000

Miniature Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitcher attrib. Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tenn.

$6,000

W GRINSTAFF Stoneware Lidded Sugar Bowl, Tennessee, probably Knox County

$6,000

George Stoneware Pottery Face Jug w/ Applied Lizard, late 19th century

$6,000

Small Face Jug attrib. William Hewell at the "Daddy Bill" Dorsey Pottery, Mossy Creek, White County, GA

$6,000

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration

$6,000

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, TN Redware Jar w/ Floral Design

$5,700

Attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, TN Copper-Decorated Redware Jug

$5,700

Attrib. Trapp and Chandler Pottery, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration

$5,700

Sand Mountain, Alabama Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher

$5,700

Attrib. Nathan Dicks, Randolph County, NC Redware Lidded Jar

$5,400

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration

$5,100

Decker Pottery, Washington County, Tennessee Stoneware Flowerpot

$5,100

Redware Jar attrib. Hinkle-Mort Pottery, Jefferson County, Tennessee

$5,100

Rock Mills, Alabama "July 31, 1866" Stoneware Torso Jug

$5,100

"Mohawk Pottery Co," Greene County, TN "Byard Harris" Jar

$4,800

A. KEISTER & CO / STRASBURG, VA Stoneware Pitcher

$4,800

Eastern Tennessee Redware Open-Handled Jar

$4,800

Middle Tennessee Stoneware Churn w/ Incised Poem

$4,500

Stoneware Jug attrib. David Drake at Lewis Miles's Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC

$4,500

Redware Jar, Tennessee or North Carolina origin

$4,500

S. BELL, Samuel Bell, Winchester or Strasburg, VA Stoneware Jar, c1840

$4,500

W GRINSTAFF, Knox County, Tennessee Stoneware Pitcher

$4,500

WEAVER & BRO / Knoxville / Tenn Stoneware Jar

$4,500

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, Stoneware Jug w/ Kaolin Slip Decoration

$4,500

Attrib. Hinkle-Mort Pottery, Jefferson County, TN Redware Coffeepot

$4,500

B.A. LAWSON 1872 (probably Grindstaff Pottery), Blount County, TN Stoneware Jar

$4,500

"John D Elrod" Middle Tennessee Stoneware Honey Jar

$4,200

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, Tennessee Stoneware Jug w/ White-Slip Decoration

$4,200

Alamance County, NC Redware Sugar Jar w/ Two-Color Slip Decoration

$4,200

SMITH, JR. (Samuel Smith Pottery), Knoxville, TN Stoneware Jar, c1820-30

$3,900

Stoneware Flowerpot: "Manufactured By J R. Wooton / August the 12 1890 / For Hattie Fulperson," Hawkins County, TN

$3,900

Large-Sized Stoneware Vase w/ Cobalt Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin

$3,900

"T. B L," Thomas B. Love Pottery, McMinn County, Tennessee Stoneware Pitcher

$3,900

Attrib. Decker Pottery Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn

$3,900

Redware Pitcher attrib. Nathan Dicks, Randolph County, NC

$3,900

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar w/ Kaolin Slip Decoration

$3,900

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Designs

$3,900

Attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC Clabber Bowl

$3,900

WEAVER & BRO, David and George C. Weaver, Knoxville, TN Stoneware Jug

$3,900

Attrib. David Drake at Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jug

$3,900

Attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, TN Redware Canning Jar w/ Two-Color Slip

$3,600

"J.P. Bodie / maker" Stoneware Jar, Jesse P. Bodie, Kirksey's Crossroads, Edgefield District, SC

$3,600

Attrib. Whelchel Family, Union County, SC Stoneware Jar

$3,600

WINCHESTER / POTTERIES / VA Redware Pitcher, Thedy Fleet, Round Hill Pottery

$3,600

"R.A. Arnold / Walhalla, S.C. / Sep. 17th 1891" Stoneware Jug

$3,480

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar w/ Iron-Slip Decoration

$3,480

Attrib. Stork/Landrum Pottery, Columbia, SC Stoneware Coffee Boiler

$3,480

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar w/ Strap Handles

$3,480

D.G. THOMPSON / Morgantown, West Virginia Stoneware Jar

$3,480

Greene County, Tennessee Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$3,360

Eastern Tennessee Redware Jar

$3,360

Redware Pitcher w/ Elaborate Copper Slip and Incised Tree Decoration, probably Greene County, TN

$3,360

J.A.C (John Anderson Craven), Randolph County, NC Stoneware Jar

$3,240

Attrib. Isaac Warnack, Upper Alton, IL Stoneware Presentation Jar, c1840

$3,240

E.W. MORT / ALUM WELLS, VA Stoneware Jar

$3,240

Craven Family, Randolph or Moore County, NC Stoneware Jug

$3,240

Middle Tennessee Stoneware Vase

$3,240

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip

$3,120

Stoneware Jar Impressed "M", probably Robert Mathis, Pottersville, Edgefield District, SC

$3,120

Attrib. Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

$3,120

Redware Jug, probably Henkel-Spigle Pottery, Amsterdam, Botetourt County, VA, possibly Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN

$3,120

Attrib. Rev. John Landrum Pottery, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar w/ Heart Stamp

$3,120

CHANDLER / MAKER, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar

$3,120

Stoneware Pitcher attrib. Whelchel Family, Gaffney, SC Area

$3,000

Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Floral Design, Baltimore or James River Valley of VA

$3,000

Ohio Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Tree Decoration

$3,000

DS (Daniel Seagle, Vale, NC) Stoneware Jug, c1840

$3,000

East Tennessee Open-Handled Redware Jar w/ Manganese Decoration

$3,000

Tennessee Stoneware Sugar Jar w/ Lid, possibly Sevierville

$3,000

Chester County, PA Redware Flowerpot, possibly Vickers