Lot #: 123
Price Realized: $2,400.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Exceedingly Rare One-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Dipped Slip Coating, Stamped "G.F. WOLF," George Franklin Wolf, Alamance County, NC, circa 1880's, thin-walled, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder and flared rim, the surface covered in a dark-brown iron-oxide or Albany slip and covered in a salt glaze. Impressed with "G.F. Wolf" maker's mark in a distinctive font, below a one-gallon capacity mark. George Franklin Wolf was the son-in-law of Alamance County potter John Loy, who in turn was the son of well-known Alamance County potter Henry Loy. George F. Wolf's brother--Orange and Person County, North Carolina potter, Gaston Wolf--used a very similarly styled mark, "G. WOLF," also considered rare, but occasionally found. This work, featuring delicate potting and unusual metallic-brown glaze treatment, is possibly one of only two known examples of stoneware bearing a "G.F. WOLF" stamp; the other bears an 1887 date. Excellent condition with some minor surface, an area of bubbling to glaze near base, and minor traces of white residue to surface. H 9 1/2".
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