Extremely Rare WEAVER & BRO (Knoxville, Tenn.) Stoneware Jug, c1872-82

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 17

Price Realized: $3,900.00

($3,250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "WEAVER & OBR(sic)," David and George C. Weaver, Knoxville, TN, circa 1872-1882, semi-ovoid jug with tapered spout, brush-decorated with a flower blossom above a freehand stripe. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. One of only a few decorated Weaver & Brothers pieces known, showing a clear Beaver, Pennsylvania influence in the design. Exhibited: Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Museum of East Tennessee History, May 16-October 30, 2011. Very nice condition. Wear to top of spout. An in-the-firing stone ping near midsection. H 10 1/2".