Lot #: 7
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "W GRINSTAFF 18," Blount County, TN origin, circa 1870-1890, ovoid jar with flaring coggled-decorated collar and two vertical strap handles, dipped in a brownish slip and covered in a salt glaze, creating a mottled greenish surface. 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. 21, fig. 1, p. 45, pl. 3, p. 187, fig. 1, and p. 231, pl. 3. Provenance: Ex- Namuni Hale Young. Broken into two pieces and reglued. H 12 7/8".
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