SOUTHERN POTTERY Auction Highlights

$216,000

Dave (Enslaved Potter of Edgefield, SC) Stoneware Jar, December 17, 1857

WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: SOUTHERN POTTERY, POTTERY BY DAVE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STONEWARE

03-21-2020

$143,750

Important "E.H. Wood / 1840" Stoneware Pitcher, Ezekiel H. Wood, Maysville, KY

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: KENTUCKY STONEWARE

07-16-2016

$100,300

Important Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1845-1855, w/ Accompanying Stereocard

WORLD AUCTION RECORD: AMERICAN FACE JUG

07-22-2017

$92,000

Edgefield, South Carolina, Stoneware Pottery Face Jug, circa 1860

07-18-2015

$82,600

Rare and Important Mustached Face Harvest Jug, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1845-70

03-23-2019

$78,000

June 10, 1853 Jug by Dave, Enslaved Potter of Edgefield, South Carolina (Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory)

03-21-2020

$70,800

Large-Sized Edgefield District, SC Face Jug, circa 1845-65

07-21-2018

$70,800

Important Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Cup, Edgefield District, SC origin, circa 1855-1870

07-20-2019

$59,000

Stoneware Storefront Devil Face Jug, Stamped "Brown Pottery / Arden, N C / Hand-Made", Davis P. Brown, c1941

07-22-2017

$59,000

Alamance County, NC Redware Sugar Jar

10-28-2017

$53,100

Important Edgefield, South Carolina, Stoneware Pottery Face Jug

11-03-2018

$52,900

Rock Mills, Alabama School Stoneware "Preacher Man" Figure

07-19-2014

$47,200

Exceptional Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug, c1845-60

03-25-2017

$47,200

Diminutive Edgefield, South Carolina, Stoneware Face Jug w/ Important Provenance

07-22-2017

$46,000

Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Harvest Face Jug, circa 1860-70

10-17-2015

$46,000

Important Early "Dave" Stoneware Jug, Edgefield District, SC, c1825-35

10-22-2016

$41,300

Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Face Cup

07-22-2017

$41,300

Extremely Rare GURDON ROBINS / FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Stoneware Jug by Edward Webster, 1820-21

11-03-2018

$40,250

Five-Gallon Double-Handled Jug w/ Two-Color Slip, attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield, SC, circa 1845

07-18-2015

$40,250

"Dave / Jan 13 - 1862 / Lm" Stoneware, Enslaved Potter Dave at Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC

07-16-2016

$37,950

Texarkana Pottery (Texarkana, AR) "Whiskey Gauger" Keg "by Jacob Bachley," c1880

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, TEXARKANA POTTERY

03-19-2016

$35,650

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Sugar Jar, c1800

07-19-2014

$35,400

Edgefield, South Carolina Stoneware Pottery Face Jug

07-22-2017

$35,400

Virginia Stoneware Incised Bird Pitcher, probably John Schermerhorn, Richmond, c1815

07-22-2017

$33,600

Alamance County, NC Redware Pitcher by the Loy / Albright Families

WORLD AUCTION RECORD, NC PITCHER

03-21-2020

$33,350

Edgefield, South Carolina, Stoneware Face Jug, possibly Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory, circa 1860-70

10-17-2015

$33,040

Miles Mill, Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug

03-25-2017

$31,200

Miles Mill, Edgefield District, SC, Face Jug, c1865-75

03-21-2020

$30,680

Face Jug from Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, South Carolina, c1855-70

07-20-2019

$29,900

C.A. HAUN, Greene County, TN Redware Jar

04-10-2010

$29,500

Attrib. Collin Rhodes, Edgefield District, SC, Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar w/ Two-Color Slip Floral Decoration

03-24-2018

$28,750

Jacob Albright, Jr. and Henry Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1790-1810 Redware Sugar Jar

03-19-2016

$28,320

Outstanding Fifteen-Gallon Stoneware Jar by Enslaved Potter, Dave, "Lm / Feb. 15, 1858"

11-03-2018

$28,320

Large-Sized Edgefield, South Carolina, Face Jug

10-26-2019

$23,000

Great Road Pottery Lidded Redware Jar (Tennessee / Virginia)

11-03-2012

$23,000

Moravian (Salem, NC) Earthenware Fish Flask / Bottle

11-02-2013

$23,000

Figural Stoneware Bank, attrib. J.L. Matthews Pottery, Rock Mills, Alabama, circa 1890-1910

10-17-2015

$22,420

Dave Pottery Jar, "Aug 28. 1858 / Dave / Lm / X"

07-20-2019

$22,420

Loy or Albright Families, Alamance County, NC Redware Dish

10-26-2019

$20,060

Collin Rhodes Pottery, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar

07-20-2019

$19,550

"Evan G. Ricketts / July 4th, 1833", Maysville, Kentucky Stoneware Pitcher

11-03-2012

$19,550

I. THOMAS (Isaac Thomas, Maysville, KY) 1837 Churn

03-02-2013

$18,880

Moravian Redware Ring Bottle, Salem, NC, circa 1800

03-25-2017

$18,880

Miles Mill, Edgefield, South Carolina Face Jug

03-25-2017

$18,880

Edgefield, South Carolina, Stoneware Pottery Face Jug

03-24-2018

$18,400

"John L. Stone. Maker / in W.C. Knox's Factory / $10.00," Oletha, Limestone County, TX Snake Jug, Anna Pottery School

03-14-2015

$18,400

Moravian Redware Bear Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1810-30

03-19-2016

$17,700

"Dave / August 12. 1851 / Lm" Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar

03-25-2017

$17,700

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, North Carolina origin, c1801-1829

07-22-2017

$17,700

Probably Thomas Chandler, Phoenix Factory, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar

03-24-2018

$17,250

John L. Stone, Kosse, Texas Stoneware Snake Jug, Anna Pottery School

01-30-2010

$17,250

"Dave / March 19, 1857 / Lm," David Drake, Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Jar

03-02-2013

$17,250

N. COOPER & POWER / MAYSVILLE, KY Stoneware Pitcher

07-19-2014

$17,250

Exceptional Three-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug w/ Two-Color Slip, attrib. C. Rhodes Factory, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC, c1850

10-17-2015

$16,675

Large Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, possibly Alabama

07-19-2014

$16,520

Timmerman Pottery, Stockton, Lanier County, GA Monumental Pitcher, "Fill me Full and Drunk / Stockton Ga / 4"

03-24-2018

$16,520

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Pitcher

07-21-2018

$16,100

Elaborate Snake Temperance Jug attributed to Jacob Bachley, Texarkana Pottery, Texarkana, AR, circa 1885

10-22-2016

$15,525

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

01-30-2010

$15,525

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

03-03-2012

$15,340

Alamance County, NC Redware Dish w/ Elaborate Two-Color Slip Decoration

10-28-2017

$14,950

CHANDLER MAKER Double-Handled Edgefield Stoneware Jug

07-11-2009

$14,400

James Long or John Becham, Crawford County, GA Large Stoneware Jar

03-21-2020

$14,160

Moravian Redware Lady Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze, Salem, NC, circa 1806-1830

10-28-2017

$13,800

Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds, probably Webster School, Randolph County, NC

05-19-2007

$13,800

Rare Edgefield, South Carolina, Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Miles Mill Pottery, circa 1870

10-22-2016

$13,200

CHANDLER MAKER, Edgefield, SC "Waranted Good" Stoneware Jug

05-20-2006

$12,980

Moravian Redware Dish, Bethabara or Salem, North Carolina, c1780-1810

07-22-2017

$12,980

S. LOY (Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC) Blue-Decorated Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar

10-28-2017

$12,980

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jug

07-21-2018

$12,980

Redware Jug attrib. Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, TN

07-20-2019

$12,980

Early Dave (David Drake) Stoneware Jar, October 13, 1843, Reverend John Landrum Pottery, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC

07-20-2019

$12,650

Large-Sized Redware African-American Preacher Bank

07-18-2015

$12,650

Charles F. Decker, Sr., Keystone Pottery, Chucky Valley, Tennessee Stoneware Pitcher for Harry Remmey of Philadelphia

07-16-2016

$12,650

"Mistress Harmitage / her Cannister / Made By Philip / Anthony 1795" Redware Tea Cannister, made by Bardstown, Kentucky, Potter Philip Anthony

10-22-2016

$11,800

CHANDLER MAKER Thomas Chandler, Edgefield, SC, Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jar

03-25-2017

$11,800

Alabama Stoneware Figural Jug, circa 1850-75

10-28-2017

$11,800

Daniel Seagle, Vale, NC Sixteen-Gallon Four-Handled Stoneware Jar with Alkaline Glaze

07-21-2018

$11,500

John L. Stone "Furgison Pararie / Limestone Co" Texas Stoneware Temperance Jug, Anna Pottery School

04-10-2010

$11,210

Outstanding Redware Bowl with Elaborate Three-Color Slip Decoration, attrib. Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1825-40

11-03-2018

$11,210

Monumental Stoneware Jar attrib. C.B. Masten at the Auman Pottery, Seagrove, NC, circa 1928-1936

07-20-2019

$10,925

J.S. NASH, Marion County, Texas, Stoneware Jug

01-30-2010

$10,620

Crawford County, Georgia Stoneware Syrup Jug

03-25-2017

$10,350

CHANDLER MAKER (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield, SC) Six-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug

03-14-2015

$10,005

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Stoneware Jug, Six-Gallon

01-30-2010

$9,775

Moravian Redware Bear Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

01-30-2010

$9,775

Stoneware Face Harvest Jug, probably Barrow County, Georgia, c1880-1900

10-17-2015

$9,488

Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, Georgia, circa 1978 Stoneware Vase w/ Snake and Grapes

03-14-2015

$9,200

Diminutive North Carolina Redware Dish with Brown and Cream Slip Spotted Decoration

10-29-2011

$9,200

Brown Family, Atlanta, GA Stoneware Face Jug, Inscribed "Gon But Not forgotten"

03-19-2016

$9,075

Great Road Redware Pottery Jug, probably Sullivan County, TN

11-05-2005

$8,913

Moravian Redware Turtle Bottle, Salem, North Carolina

07-16-2016

$8,800

Charles Decker, Washington Co., TN Stoneware Salesman Sample Grave Marker

05-21-2005

$8,625

Alamance County, North Carolina Redware Mug

10-25-2014

$8,260

Painted Stoneware Face Jug with Bail Handle, North Wilkesboro, NC origin, circa 1925

03-24-2018

$8,260

African-American Potter RICH WILLIAMS Greenville County, SC Stoneware Jar

07-20-2019

$8,050

Great Road Pottery Redware Lidded Jar

04-10-2010

$8,050

J.S. NASH (Marion County, TX) Ring Jug, attrib. African-American Potter Milligan Frazier

11-02-2013

$8,050

Alamance County, North Carolina, Redware Jug, late 18th / early 19th century

03-14-2015

$8,050

"Lm Jan 27 1859 / Dave" by Enslaved African-American potter, Dave, at Lewis Mile's Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, SC

03-14-2015

$8,050

Attrib. Dave, Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, SC, Seven-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Incised "Lm" and "F / may 2 1851" and "Lm"

07-18-2015

$7,705

Daniel Hartsoe, Lincoln County, NC Stoneware Jug, Three-Gallon

01-30-2010

$7,670

Crawford County, Georgia Seven-Gallon Double-Handled Jug

07-22-2017

$7,475

Southern Stoneware (probably TN) Face Jug

11-03-2007

$7,475

Moravian Redware Fish Bottle, Salem, NC origin, circa 1804-29

10-25-2014

$7,475

John Floyd, Potter of Knox County, TN, 1840 Stoneware Water Cooler

10-22-2016

$7,080

Arie Meaders, Cleveland, Georgia, c1956-69 Pottery Elephant Figure

07-22-2017

$7,080

B.B. CRAIG / VALE, N.C. Oversized Stoneware Face Jug

07-22-2017

$7,080

Otto Brown, Bethune, SC, or possibly NC or GA Stoneware Face Jug

07-21-2018

$7,080

Henry Watkins, Randolph or Guilford County, NC, circa 1820-1850 Redware Dish

03-23-2019

$6,900

CHANDLER MAKER, Edgefield, SC Pottery "Warante[d] / 2" Jug

03-08-2008

$6,613

Thomas Chandler, Edgefield, SC Stoneware Pottery Jar

01-30-2010

$6,490

G. E. OHR, / BILOXI, Mississippi (George Ohr) Pottery Vase

03-25-2017

$6,490

J.S. NASH, Marion County, TX Stoneware Jar

03-25-2017

$6,490

CHANDLER MAKER Six-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

07-22-2017

$6,490

Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Five-Gallon Stoneware Jug, Stamped D S

07-22-2017

$6,325

Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar, attributed to Collin Rhodes

05-19-2007

$6,325

Great Road Pottery Redware Bowl, probably Smyth County, VA

10-29-2011

$6,325

"F.L.B." (Franklin L. Becham, Crawford County, GA) Double-Handled Jug

07-19-2014

$6,325

Moravian Redware Pottery Squirrel Bottle, Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1804-29

07-19-2014

$6,325

IEG (Isaac E. Gay, Buffalo, Kershaw County, SC) Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar

10-17-2015

$6,325

Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug w/ Protruding Tongue

03-19-2016

$6,325

Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottle, attrib. Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, c1804-1829

03-19-2016

$6,210

Chester Webster, Randolph Co, NC Stoneware Incised Flower Jug

11-01-2008

$5,900

North Carolina Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jar, Impressed JCM, possibly Daniel Seagle, Lincoln County, NC

07-22-2017

$5,900

Slip-Decorated Redware Bowl, possibly North Carolina, late 18th or early 19th century

10-28-2017

$5,900

Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC

03-24-2018

$5,900

Miniature Stoneware Pitcher attributed to Charles Decker's Keystone Pottery, Chucky Valley, TN, circa 1880-1900

11-03-2018

$5,900

B. B. CRAIG / VALE, NC Blue Stoneware Face Jug

07-20-2019

$5,750

J.S. NASH, Jefferson S. Nash, Marion County, Texas Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, possibly Milligan Frazier

03-14-2015

$5,463

Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar attributed to Dave the Slave, Incised "Lm"

07-11-2009

$5,310

Attrib. Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, GA Early-Period Stoneware Face Jug w/ Rock Eyes and Teeth,

07-22-2017

$5,310

Very Rare Alamance County, NC Redware Bowl, circa 1820-40

03-23-2019

$5,175

Six-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with an Impressed "N" and "2" and Six Incised Punctates, Edgefield District, SC, c1840

10-22-2016

$5,100

Tennessee Redware Honey Jar

03-21-2020

$5,060

Pair of Moravian Redware Squirrel Bottles, Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC

10-25-2014

$4,945

Wilkesboro, North Carolina Pottery Face Jug

05-19-2007

$4,888

"L m" Stoneware Jar, attrib. Dave the Slave, Edgefield, SC

01-30-2010

$4,888

Stoneware Pitcher, Charles F. Decker's Keystone Pottery, Chucky Valley, TN

07-20-2013

$4,720

W.R. ELAM / COLUMBiA. Tenn Stoneware Jar made by J.H. Miller, Brandenburg, KY

10-28-2017

$4,720

Open-Handled Redware Sugar Pot with Two-Color-Slip Spot Decoration, attributed to Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, circa 1800-30

11-03-2018

$4,720

Shimuel Timmerman, Lanier County, Georgia Stoneware Churn

03-23-2019

$4,720

Becham Family, Crawford County, GA Stoneware Coffee Boiler

03-23-2019

$4,715

CHANDLER / MAKER, Edgefield, SC Stoneware Pottery Jug

11-06-2010

$4,600

Collin Rhodes, Edgefield, South Carolina, Pottery Jug

07-16-2011

$4,510

Thomas Chandler, Edgefield, SC Stoneware Pottery Jar

05-20-2006

$4,425

Miniature Stoneware Flowerpot attrib. to Charles F. Decker's Keystone Pottery, Chucky Valley, Tennessee

07-22-2017

$4,313

Stoneware Jar w/ Folk Art Owl Decoration, possibly Kentucky

07-19-2008

$4,313

Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, Georgia Double Face Jug

11-02-2013

$4,313

Pottersville, Edgefield District, South Carolina, c1820

07-18-2015

$4,255

Eight-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar Stamped "D S", Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC

01-30-2010

$4,200

1846 Stoneware Jar by James Pinckney Shepherd, Rock Mills, Randolph County, Alabama

03-21-2020

$4,130

Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield District, SC, c1850

07-22-2017

$4,130

Fine Redware Bowl with Two-Color-Slip Floral Decoration, probably NC origin

03-24-2018

$4,130

JBL (Jesse Bradford Long, Crawford County, GA) Large Spouted Stoneware Jar

03-23-2019

$4,130

RICH WILLIAMS, Greenville County, SC Stoneware Jar (African-American Potter)

10-26-2019

$4,080

O. Henry Pottery (Evan Javan Brown, Sr., Valdese, NC) Stoneware Face Jug

03-21-2020

$4,025

Great Road Redware Jar w/ Green Copper Glaze (Southwestern VA or Eastern TN)

03-01-2014

$4,025

I.E.G. (Isaac E. Gay, Kershaw County, SC) Stoneware Jar

10-22-2016

$3,835

FLB (Franklin L. Becham, Crawford County, GA) Stoneware Jug

03-25-2017

$3,835

Five-Gallon Edgefield, SC Double-Handled Stoneware Jug

07-22-2017

$3,835

Moravian Redware Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze, Salem, North Carolina

03-24-2018

$3,835

Redware Jar attrib. Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene County, Tennessee

11-03-2018

$3,738

Slip-Decorated Redware Ring Jug, possibly North Carolina

07-20-2013

$3,680

CHANDLER (Thomas Chandler, Edgefield, SC, c1850) Stoneware Milkpan

10-17-2015

$3,565

Edgefield, SC Stoneware Pottery Jar

01-30-2010

$3,565

Pottersville, Edgefield, South Carolina Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Marked "T"

10-17-2015

$3,540

G.E. OHR / BILOXI (George Ohr) Pottery Vase

03-25-2017

$3,540

CJB (Columbus Jackson Becham, Crawford County, GA) Stoneware Jug

03-25-2017

$3,540

"D S" (Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC) Stoneware Jug, c1840

07-22-2017

$3,540

"Brown Pottery / Arden, N.C. / Handmade" Devil Face Jug

03-24-2018

$3,540

Possibly NC Slip-Decorated Redware Dish

03-23-2019

$3,450

Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Iron Slip "Broken Stem" Floral Decoration, Edgefield, SC

01-30-2010

$3,450

"Lm Aug 24, 1858" Stoneware Jar attrib. Dave the Slave, Lewis Miles' Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield, SC, 1858

03-14-2015

$3,450

Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar attrib. Thomas Chandler, Kirkseys Crossroads

07-16-2016

$3,422

"2 / gay", Isaac Gay, Union County, NC Stoneware Jug

03-25-2017

$3,422

Six-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug attrib. Thomas Chandler and John Trapp, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1848-50

07-20-2019

$3,304

G E OHR, / BILOXI, MISS. (George Ohr) Squat Pottery Vase

03-25-2017

$3,304

Calloway County, Kentucky Stoneware Grave Marker

10-28-2017

$3,304

"Miss E Davis" 1842 Tennessee Stoneware Flower Jug

07-20-2019

$3,220

CHANDLER MAKER, Edgefield, SC Stoneware Crock

11-01-2008

$3,220

Small Redware Mug, possibly Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC

07-16-2016

$3,186

Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, GA Early-Period Stoneware Pottery Face Jug

07-22-2017

$3,186

"Lm" (Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC) Stoneware Jug by Enslaved Potter, Dave

07-21-2018

$3,068

Rare Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, probably Brown Family, Atlanta, GA, late 19th or early 20th century

10-28-2017

$3,068

Lanier Meaders (Cleveland, Georgia) Face, circa 1970

07-20-2019

$3,068

Lanier Meaders, Cleveland, Georgia, Snake and Grapes Vase, circa 1978

07-20-2019

$2,990

SMITH. JR, Samuel Smith, Jr., Knoxville, TN Stoneware Jar

11-01-2008

$2,950

Stoneware Jug w/ Kaolin-Slip Floral Decoration, attrib. Collin Rhodes, Shaw's Creek, Edgefield, SC

07-22-2017

$2,950

Stoneware Face Jug, attributed to the Brown Family, Atlanta, Georgia, early 20th century

07-22-2017

$2,875

Whelchel Pottery, Spartanburg, South Carolina Stoneware Pitcher

05-19-2007

$2,875

North Carolina Stoneware Grave Marker

11-03-2007

$2,760

Southern Pottery Face Jug

11-02-2013

$2,750

Cold-Painted North Carolina Face Jug

07-17-2004

$2,714

Redware Bowl with Two-Color Slip Decoration, possibly North Carolina origin

07-22-2017

$2,714

edware Dish with Two-Color Slip Decoration, possibly North Carolina origin

07-22-2017

The antique utilitarian pottery of the Southern United States is as varied as the states themselves, but Southern stoneware is often associated with the green / brown alkaline glazes that coat much of the work of these potters. Even so, finely-made redware vessels often bearing elaborate designs or colorful glazes and salt-glazed stoneware were also produced throughout the South. (For Virginia pottery, see our Virginia Stoneware and Shenandoah Valley Pottery auction highlights.)