Exceptional attrib. Hedgecough Pottery, Putnam County, TN Stoneware Jar w/ Applied Decoration

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 102

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Exceptional Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Applied Decoration, attributed to the Hedgecough Pottery, Putnam County, TN, late 19th or early 20th century, ovoid jar with crimped rim and two vertical, open handles applied at the shoulder, decorated on the front with applied heart, diamond, and drape designs, all embellished with depressed treatment throughout. Surface decorated with dipped brown slip to the upper body and appealing, haphazardly brushed brown slip below. One of a small group of documented jars decorated in this manner, this work ranks among the finest examples of brown-dipped Middle Tennessee stoneware known. Exhibited: Arts of Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, September 13, 2003 - January 18, 2004. Sealed spider crack on underside, including one crack extending 5" up base, where it forms a Y, a second thin line extending 4" diagonally onto base, and a 1" sealed vertical line at base. Losses and chips to rim. H 12".



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