Five Pieces of Painted Stoneware, American, 19th century, a very rare, salt-glazed ovoid jar, stamped "LD Pearson" at base, Lorenzo D. Pearson, Monroe County, TN, mid 19th century; two salt-glazed canning jars with later painted floral motifs; a salt-glazed jar with later painted floral motif, stamped "SOLOMON BELL / STRASBURG / Va.," circa 1845; and a two-gallon salt-glazed jar, painted black, stamped "E.W. MORT / ALUM-WELLS, VA," circa 1880-1893. Literature: For more information on the Pearson family of potters, see Smith and Rogers, Tennessee Potters, Pots, and Potters 1790s to 1950, p. 222. Provenance: Carole Wahler Collection. Pearson jar with a 2" x 1 1/4" loss to rim, other significant rim chips, a long curving crack extending from underside to midsection, surface wear, and a narrow 1 1/4" piece of adhered clay to midsection. One canning jar in excellent condition, the other with a small chip and two minor nicks to inner wax sealer rim. Solomon Bell jar in excellent condition. Mort jar with a tight, curving crack from rim to shoulder, a tight Y-shaped crack across underside, and an out-of-round rim. H (of Pearson jar) 10 3/4".
