Very Rare H.F. REINHARDT / VALE, N.C. Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug

Spring 2026 Auction of the David & Jongy Ward Collection

Lot #: 90

Price Realized: $16,800.00

($14,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Stamped "H.F. REINHARDT / VALE, N.C.," second quarter 20th century, squat-shaped, ovoid jug with tall, flaring spout, decorated with a hand-modeled and applied clay face including large ears with raised edge, two-tone eyes, eyebrows, Roman nose with pierced nostrils, upward-curling mustache, and broad mouth with numerous applied china teeth. Surface covered in a mottled, olive-colored alkaline glaze. Impressed with Harvey Reinhardt maker's mark at base on reverse. Few face vessels from this influential North Carolina pottery are known. Provenance: Purchased by the Wards at Garth's Auction, Delaware, OH, April 22-23, 2005, lot 270. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 7 1/4".




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