Extremely Rare Stoneware Chicken Waterer w/ Incised Native American Decoration, prob. Joseph G. Baynham, Trenton, SC

Summer 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 62

Price Realized: $3,000.00

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

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Extremely Rare Glazed Stoneware Chicken Waterer with Incised Native American Decoration, probably Joseph G. Baynham, Trenton, SC, late 19th century, domed form with carved and watering trough and button-shaped finial, incised with a detailed drawing of a Native American with elaborate headdress, earrings, and shawl. Surface covered in a mottled-brown glaze with ash deposits to shoulder. Incised Southern stoneware decoration of this decorative quality is highly unusual. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a few typical, minor in-the-firing flaws. H 10 3/4".