Lot #: 80
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Extremely Rare Large-Sized Stoneware Flowerpot, Stamped "POE & CO.," W.H. Hancock at the Pottery of Edgar Allen Poe and John B. Broadfoot, Fayetteville, NC, circa 1893-1897, dramatically-flared form with incised banding or throw lines throughout and original drain hole in underside, the surface covered in a glossy dark-brown slip glaze. Midsection impressed with "POE & CO." maker's mark. Provenance / Literature: Quincy Scarborough in his book, E.A. Poe Merchant of Clay, notes that this flowerpot is "one of a pair of special Flower pots made for the Poe residence. Ms Elizabeth Poe described Mr. Hancock as very attentive to the needs of the Poe household" (Scarborough, p. 55). The flowerpot is additionally illustrated in Scarborough, p. 55, fig. 67. Three thin cracks from rim, measuring 8 5/8", 4 1/4", and 3 3/8". A small in-the-firing base chip. H 8 1/4" ; Diam. (at rim) 14".
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