Rare and Fine Lidded Redware Jar with Copper Decoration, Greene County, TN origin, circa 1820-1860, ovoid jar with footed base, tall, semi-squared rim, and cross incised sine wave treatment to shoulder, the surface decorated with large swathes of copper and covered in a heavy lead glaze. Incised "3" at shoulder. Includes original copper-decorated lid with elaborate, bell-shaped finial, also incised "3." Excellent form and glaze, remarkably retaining its finely potted and glazed lid. 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. 48, fig. 36, p. 88, pl. 10, p. 194, fig. 36. Provenance: Wahler notes in Tennessee Turned, "Oral tradition states that this jar sat on a painted blanket chest in Harmon home in Greene County" (Wahler, p. 194). Jar with a few professionally-restored rim chips and a few professionally-restored chips to foot, a small unglazed in-the-firing contact mark at base, some surface wear to body, and a long sealed crack extending from base to shoulder. This crack additionally extends onto the underside, where it is barely visible on the exterior and more visible on the interior. Lid with two professionally-restored flakes to edge and small professionally-restored flakes to top surface, as well as some minor unrestored chips and spots of wear. H (including lid) 9 1/2".
