Very Rare B.A. LAWSON 1872 Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, probably Grindstaff Pottery, Blount County, TN

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 5

Price Realized: $4,500.00

($3,750 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Coggled Decoration, Stamped "B.A. LAWSON 1872," probably Grindstaff Pottery, Blount County, TN, 1872, cylindrical jar with arched lug handles and tapered rim with coggled dentile treatment, the surface covered in a salt glaze over brownish slip, producing a green "frogskin" coloration. Midsection impressed with the maker's mark and date, "B.A. LAWSON 1872." Incised above with the notation, "2 / 2." Closely related in form, glaze, and coggling, to pieces bearing the mark, "W. GRINSTAFF," this exceptionally rare jar was likely marked by potter, B.A. Lawson, while working at the William Grinstaff pottery. Literature: For other pieces by Lawson, see Wahler, Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1800, Part One, p. 30, figs. 14 and 15, and p. 190, figs. 14 and 15. Very nice condition. A small in-the-firing flake to proper right handle. Some wear to rim. Minor chipping around bottom edge. A faint 1 1/2" line in underside. H 10 3/4".