Lot #: 438
Price Realized: $150.00
($125 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Two Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jars, Southern U.S. origin, 19th-20th centuries, an ovoid four-gallon jar with olive-colored alkaline glaze featuring heavy whitish rutile, stamped "4," attributed to Joe "Jug" Johnson, Laurens County, SC, late 19th or first quarter 20th century; paired with a two-gallon, highly-ovoid jar with olive-colored alkaline glaze, NC origin. Provenance: From a fifty-year SC collection. Larger with rim and handle chips. Smaller with losses and chips to rim and chips to one handle. H (of taller) 15".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Face Jug, Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory
Exceptional Stoneware Jug by Dave, Inscribed "Lm / June 10 1853," Edgefield District, SC
Rare and Important Large-Sized Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug, c1845-65
Important Stoneware Jug by Dave (August 17, 1852), Edgefield District, SC
Extremely Important Southern Stoneware African-American Preacher Face Vessel, Rock Mills, Alabama
Important Double-Handled Stoneware Jug by Dave (August 31, 1852), Edgefield District, SC
Rare and Important Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug w/ Early Exhibition and Publication History
