Exceedingly Rare Redware Pitcher w/ Elaborate Copper Slashes and Incised Tree, probably Greene Co, TN

Winter 2026 Auction of the Carole Wahler Collection

Lot #: 74

Price Realized: $3,360.00

($2,800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Exceedingly Rare Glazed Redware Pitcher with Elaborate Copper-Slip Slash and Incised Tree Decoration, probably Greene County, TN, circa 1820-1850, thin-walled, ovoid pitcher with footed, base heavily-tooled midsection, and flared collar, decorated throughout with copper-slip slashes against a mottled olive ground with orange spotting, applied under a clear lead glaze. Highly unusual incised and copper-highlighted willow tree decoration to one side and incised design of a smaller tree within an elaborate foliate border on the opposing side. Desirable form with outstanding slip and incised decorative treatments. Wahler describes this piece in her Tennessee Turned as "Only known example of this particular form of decoration" (Wahler, p. 197). 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. 57, fig. 50, p. 171, pl. 21, and p. 197, fig. 50. Provenance: Found in Greeneville, Greene County. Professionally-restored rim chips. Some unrestored wear to rim and handle. Light surface wear. A professionally-restored base chip. H 6 3/8".