Lot #: 40
Price Realized: $840.00
($700 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Exceptional Two-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with "River-of-Life" Motif, Lanier County, GA origin, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder, semi-squared rim, and open strap handle, the shoulder decorated with dramatic, wavy incising resembling a flowing river and locally referred to as a "River-of-Life" motif. Interior and exterior surface covered in a green alkaline glaze over a light clay ground. Rare form and incised line treatment. While the jar's incising may be typical in Southern stoneware of other regions or makers, such a treatment is rare in the Lanier County, Georgia potting school. This piece was likely made by Shimuel Timmerman, Glover Foreman, or Floyd Fender. Excellent condition with a thin horizontal crack to one handle, two minor chips to same handle, extremely minor rim wear, and a 1 3/4" in-the-firing surface fissure to midsection, which does not extend through to interior. H 12 1/2".
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