Rare Four-Handled Stoneware Jar w/ Cobalt Decoration, Southern U.S., second half 19th century

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 235

Price Realized: $780.00

($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Rare Four-Handled Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decoration, Southern U.S. origin, second half 19th century, highly-ovoid jar with rounded rim and four arched lug handles with grooved midsections, the surface covered in a salt glaze with cobalt highlights to the handles. Exceptional form, essentially unknown in 19th century American salt-glazed stoneware. 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. 161, fig. 179 and p. 223, fig. 179. Although this jar is included in Wahler's book, Tennessee Turned, and described as possibly Washington County, TN, circa 1850-1870, Wahler states in her notes that she "now lean[s] toward it made in NC." Provenance: Purchased from an estate sale in Hales Chapel Community, Washington County. . . It is the only one known." Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 14 3/4" ; Diam. (at base) 10".

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