Heavner Family Attributed North Carolina Stoneware Syrup Jug

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American & Southern | December 5, 2024

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Dec 5, 2024

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• Lot Description

  (Catawba Valley, North Carolina, circa 1870s) likely attributed to Henry Hike Heavner or R.P. Heavner, olive green alkaline glaze, multiple creamy green glass melt runs with rutile highlights down from two applied ridged strap handles, collared neck with wide flared spout, 16-1/2 in. with wooden stopper

  Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

  Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 128, cat. no. 274, Burrison writes, "North Carolina Potters used this simple yet effective decorative technique of placing broken bottle glass on handles and rims before firing, which melted in runs which contrast the glaze."

  Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024

  Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, color plate 7, center of the book, cat. no. 274

• Provenance

  From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

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• Condition
  glaze voids and anomalies as made, clay body blow outs as made, minor surface abrasions and residue, restoration to one side of spout, 1/2 in. chip to one handle with other associated abrasions, stabilized radial hairline around 2/3's of base with a few smaller perpendicular associated hairlines, one running onto the base for two inches