Scarce and Fine SPIRE & DUFF / NASHVILLE, TENN. Advertising Jar, Beaver, PA origin

Spring 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 164

Price Realized: $3,000.00

($2,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Scarce and Fine Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Nashville, TN Advertising and Elaborate Cobalt Decoration, attributed to Enoch Fowler, Beaver, PA, circa 1870, semi-ovoid churn with applied lug handles, tooling to midsection and shoulder, and semi-rounded rim, featuring the stenciled advertising, "FROM / SPIRE & DUFF / NASHVILLE, TENN.," including a series of stars, applied over a slip-coated surface. Freehand stripe decoration below rim, to midsection, and at base. (This vessel was measured with liquid to determine the gallon size and holds around 4.5 gallons.) A well-decorated and nicely-colored example of Western Pennsylvania stoneware made for the Tennessee market. A 6 1/4" Y-shaped surface line and 4" vertical surface line on reverse, not visible on interior. A minor rim nick on reverse. A 2" glaze line to proper right side of jar's front, not visible on interior. Some minor surface wear and typical in-the-firing flaws, including some fry to heavier areas of cobalt application. H 16 1/2".