Rare Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Churn with Iron-Slip Floral Decoration, attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850, ovoid churn with flaring, semi-squared rim and arched lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with an iron-slip "broken stem" floral motif with bullseye center to blossom. Gray-green alkaline-glazed ground. One of the more unusual forms for this maker, featuring strong decoration. Provenance: From a fifty-year SC collection. One side with a significant fork-shaped crack from rim including two short lines emanating from it directly below rim. Part of this crack extends in a curving fashion across one side of the churn, stopping at the midsection of the churn's opposing side. A faint 1 1/4" line from rim on same side. A crack from rim on churn's opposing side, extending to shoulder below one handle. This crack includes a thin, approximately 6" line crossing through it directly below rim. A tiny rim nick and a small piece of adhered iron to shoulder on same side. Some light abrasions to slip. A large area of staining to bottom half of churn. A long, tight horizontal crack to base. Some residue from use to interior of rim and at base. H 18".
