Lot 246: 2 NC Daniel Seagle Pottery Items

1st item: North Carolina, Catawba Valley, stoneware pottery jar, ovoid form with olive green alkaline glaze and incised lines below the rolled rim, incised initials "D S" for Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) on the upper shoulder and incised "1" denoting capacity. 2nd item: North Carolina, Catawba Valley, stoneware pottery pitcher, ovoid form with olive green alkaline glaze and incised lines below the rolled rim and upper shoulder and incised initials "D S" for Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) to the middle body. 9 5/8" H. Biography: (Courtesy: http://danielseagle.com/the_seagle_school). Daniel Seagle was the first master potter in the Catawba River Valley. He was a Lutheran of German descent who lived in the Vale, N.C., area from 1805-67 and established his pottery business near a creek not far from Trinity Lutheran Church by circa 1824. In the early part of his career, Daniel Seagle made lead glazed earthenware. However, according to the book Turners and Burners, Seagle switched in the 1830s to making stoneware, fired at higher temperatures to hold liquids.

PROVENANCE: Private Middle Tennessee Collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition. 2nd item: Spider hairlines to the body, spout with old repairs.