Two Pieces of Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware w/ Cobalt Decoration attrib. Joe "Jug" Johnson, Laurens, SC

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 304

Price Realized: $840.00

($700 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Two Pieces of Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware with Cobalt Decoration, attributed to Joe "Jug" Johnson, Laurens, SC, late 19th or early 20th century, a one-gallon ovoid pitcher and two-gallon churn, each covered in an olive-brown alkaline glaze and decorated around the shoulder with a cobalt stripe. Churn includes rutile accents. Both in excellent condition, the churn with some wear to inner rim for lid. H (of churn) 12 3/8".

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