Rare Dated 1870 Redware Canning Jar attrib. Mottern Pottery, Carter County, Tennessee

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 62

Price Realized: $3,900.00

($3,250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Rare Glazed Redware Canning Jar with Two-Color Slip Decoration, Dated 1870, attributed to the Mottern Pottery, Carter County, TN, 1870, narrow-bodied, semi-ovoid jar with flaring collar, decorated in slip-trailed manganese slip with the date, "1870," surrounded by stylized floral and foliate devices in light-orange slip, all applied against a dark-orange ground with clear lead glaze. The only example of Mottern pottery from Wahler's collection featuring two colors of slip in its decoration. A 2 1/2" hairline from rim on front. Wear to rim. Some wear to slip. Minor surface wear and minor wear to bottom edge of jar. H 9".