Rare and Fine Stoneware Jar attrib. Harry at Pottersville Stoneware Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC, c1830

Spring 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 88

Price Realized: $13,200.00

($11,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Rare and Fine Five-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, attributed to Harry at Pottersville Stoneware Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1830s-early 1840s, highly-ovoid jar with flattened rim and handles, the surface covered in a streaky, light-green alkaline glaze with heavy runs to the upper body and high-gloss surface. Shoulder incised with five punctates. Base incised with two slash marks. A horizontal handprint appears at the base as well, presumably created by Harry himself, depressed into the soft clay when the jar was removed from the wheel. The attribution to this potter lies in the jar's distinctive flattened rim and handles. These characteristics, along with the jar's glaze, closely relate it to those exhibited on a jar signed "Harry," sold in Crocker Farm, Inc.'s Spring 2021 auction, lot 53. Provenance: From a fifty-year SC collection. A thin L-shaped crack descending from rim to shoulder on reverse. A few minor base chips. H 15".