Very Rare C.C. BALLARD / HAYS, NC Stoneware Pitcher for Neighbor Sarah Owens, 1901

Fall 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 61

Price Realized: $16,800.00

($14,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Small-Sized Stoneware Presentation Pitcher, Inscribed "Sarah Owens / 1901," Stamped "C.C. BALLARD / HAYS / NC," Dated 1901, ovoid pitcher with flaring collar, decorated around the midsection with incised combing flanked by straight lines. Reverse incised with the name of the pitcher's owner, "Sarah Owens / 1901." Front impressed with C.C. Ballard maker's mark. Only about 11 years old when this small pitcher was made, Sarah Owens appears in the 1900 federal census living only two households away from its maker, Cicero C. Ballard. Salt-glazed surface over a reddish-brown iron slip coating. Dramatic and visually-appealing salted spot to one side. An outstanding example of Wilkes County, NC stoneware. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 6 3/8".