Lot #: 32
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "SMITH, JR.," Samuel Smith Pottery, Knox County, TN, circa 1820-1830, ovoid jar with footed base, applied lug handles, and rounded rim with inner flange for lid, the surface covered in a reddish-brown iron wash and covered in a clear salt glaze. Impressed with "SMITH, JR." maker's mark below one handle. Exhibited: 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. 111, fig. 120, p. 119, fig. pl. 17, p. 211, fig. 120, and p. 232, pl. 17. Provenance: Wahler states the following about this jar in her notes: "I purchased this piece from NY. It was my first Smith, Jr. piece. We already had the Smith flask." Essentially as-made condition with in-the-firing misshapen areas, a small in-the-firing ping near midsection, and some whitish residue to midsection. H 13 3/4".
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