Lot #: 75
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Four-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Churn, Inscribed "gay," Isaac Gay, Union County, NC, circa 1870, narrow-bodied, ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and arched lug handles, incised below one handle with the number "4" and the signature, "gay," in script. Desirable form and difficult-to-find maker. This churn survives in rarely-found excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor, glazed-over chip to interior of rim. H 19 1/4".
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