Fine CHANDLER / MAKer Large-Sized Stoneware Jar w/ Iron Slip Decoration, Inscribed "C"

Spring 2026 Auction of the David & Jongy Ward Collection

Lot #: 33

Price Realized: $6,000.00

($5,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Fine Large-Sized Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Iron Slip Decoration, Inscribed "C," Stamped "CHANDLER / MAKer," Thomas Chandler Pottery, Kirksey's Crossroads, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850, ovoid jar with thin, semi-rounded rim and arched tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with slip-trailed iron slip drape motifs, the front including a wider drape surrounding the maker's mark and a slip-trailed, "C," for "Chandler" below. Iron slip looping decoration below each handle. Surface covered in a gray-green alkaline glaze. Jar measures roughly six or seven gallons. Exhibited/Literature: Swag & Tassel: The Innovative Stoneware of Thomas Chandler, McKissick Museum, August 6, 2018 - July 20, 2019, p. 74, pl. 80 of exhibition catalog. Rim with two chips, measuring 1 1/4" and 1/2". A 5 1/4" diagonal Y-shaped line to interior of rim, visible as a 2 1/4" horizontal line below rim on reverse. A 2 1/4" horizontal surface line to interior of rim on front, not visible on exterior. Numerous short, primarily Y-shaped surface lines to interior, likely in-the-firing and not visible on exterior. H 17 1/4".