Rare Four-Handled Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Iron Slip Foliate Decoration, attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1845, large-sized, highly-ovoid jar with semi-rounded rim and four arched tab handles applied at the shoulder. Decorated around the shoulder with four slip-trailed iron-slip foliate motifs and under each handle with upswept swags, applied under heavy, olive-colored alkaline glaze with golden cast. Exceptional size, measuring roughly ten to twelve gallons, featuring the region's coveted four-handled form. Provenance: From a fifty-year SC collection. Literature: A closely-related jar is illustrated in Wingard, "From Baltimore to the South Carolina Backcountry: Thomas Chandler's Influence on 19th-Century Stoneware," Ceramics in America 2013, fig. 30. According to Wingard, the illustrated jar was "made at the first site Chandler operated independently, near Trapp and Chandler. The iron-trailed sprigs match potsherds found at [this] site." A 3/8" loss to one handle, which is partially-glazed over indicating this damage, or part of it, occurred in the firing. Another handle with a minor chip and very minor glazed-over chip. A very large, reverse J-shaped crack from rim, descending from a 1/2" chip. A thin 5 1/4" crack from rim, extending through one handle. Tight lines to base area. An additional 5" line from rim and a 1 1/4" line from rim. A few base chips. A Y-shaped in-the-firing fissure to interior base, which is glazed over, not visible on exterior.
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