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THBRare Edgefield SC Harry Attributed Stoneware Jar
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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveSep 16, 2023
Premier II Auction | Lots 907 to 1324 | Featuring Southern pottery by Dave Drake; fine art by Winfred Rembert, George Inness, Hermann Herzog, Wolf Kahn, and others; important American and Southern furniture; a large group of fine jewelry and luxury handbags; decoys, armorial porcelain, and more. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
attributed to the enslaved potter Harry, likely produced at the Pottersville Manufactory, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1830s, runny mottled light olive green alkaline glaze, ovoid form, wide shoulder and mouth, tapered lower body, four small slash marks and one large slash mark at front shoulder, likely 4 gallon capacity, applied rounded lug handles at shoulder, semi rounded rim, 12-3/4 in. height, 38-1/2 in. circumference
Provenance: Private Collection
note: This jar was taken to the Greenville County Museum and compared to the signed Harry jar in their collection, we have a photograph on file of the comparison. The enslaved potter Harry's name appears in various period documents pertaining to the changes in ownership of the Pottersville Manufactory.
Condition
glaze voids and anomalies as made, 9-1/2 in. repaired hairline from rim to lower body, then splitting off laterally 4-1/2 in. one direction and 1-1/2 in. another direction, likely associated 4 in. by 4 in. restoration to handle and upper side of jar adjacent to hairline, 6 in. hairline headed up from base of jar, illuminated area down most of the side of jar from rim adjacent to previous hairline, another 6 in. hairline down from rim, small hairline in interior base, illumination of aforementioned conditions on exterior of jar, some illumination in interior
- Provenance
Private Collection
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