Lot #: 13
Price Realized: $1,680.00
($1,400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Squat-Form Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Decker Pottery, Washington County, TN, circa 1872-1910, wide-bodied, ovoid pitcher with flared rim, brush-decorated around the midsection with a horizontal tulip motif below daubed brushwork at the collar. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Exhibited: Made in East Tennessee: Pottery, Museum of East Tennessee History, 1996; Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Museum of East Tennessee History, May 16-October 30, 2011. Literature: Illustrated in Wahler, Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Part One, p. 168, fig. 187, p. 176, pl. 26, and p. 225, fig 187. Two spout chips. Wear and a very shallow flake to top edge of rim, possibly in-the-making. Surface wear to midsection. A small chip to underside near bottom edge, possibly in-the-making. H 7 1/2".
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