Lot #: 6
Price Realized: $1,800.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Two-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "KNOXVILLE. TENN.," Grindstaff Pottery, Knox County, TN, circa 1885-1895, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and flaring rim, impressed with Grindstaff's "KNOXVILLE. TENN." stamp within a curved border, below a one-gallon capacity mark. In her notes, Wahler states, "Only a few pots are known with just the Knoxville, Tenn. stamp." Exhibited: Tennessee Turned, Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900, Museum of East Tennessee History, May 16-October 30, 2011. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. A sealed 2 1/2" surface crack on underside, continuing 1 1/4" up base, not visible on the interior and likely in-the-firing. H 10 3/4".
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