Lot #: 191
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Handled Redware Jar with Dipped Glaze and Decorative Handles, Piedmont Region of North Carolina, possibly Yadkin County, 19th century, squat-shaped, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and open-strap handles featuring distinctive asymmetrical terminals culminating in curving, depressed points. Surface decorated on its handled sides with a dipped lead-based glaze colored brown with manganese or iron. Light-brown glaze on interior. The only jar of this specific style that we have ever offered. Literature: For closely-related jars, see Compton, "Potters of the Yadkin Valley," Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Vol. 22-23, 2021-2022, figs. 51 and 52. An inverted sealed Y-shaped crack descending from rim to midsection. Two short, faint sealed lines from on opposing side. Chips and wear to rim and inner rim for lid. An approximately 1/4" hole to shoulder. Minor wear to handles. Some short, thin surface cracks to base, extending onto underside, not visible on interior. H 10 1/4".
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