Two (2) Edwin "Nub" Meaders (American/Georgia, 1921-2015) folk art pottery items, including one (1) rooster with a dark olive glaze signed on the base "Edwin Meaders" and one (1) pitcher with twin raised grape cluster decoration to the body signed and dated "Edwin Meaders 11 -5 -1986" to the base. Ranging in size from 8 […]
Lot 468: 2 GA Stoneware Pottery Face Jugs, incl. C. & B. Meaders, M. Hewell
Two (2) Georgia folk art alkaline drip glazed stoneware pottery face jugs, includingCleater and Billie Meaders andMatthew Hewell. 1st item:Cleater and Billie Meaders (Georgia, 20th Century) double face candelabra jug, both faces with prominent features and open mouths with ceramic teeth, four candelabrumto the top. Signed and dated "Cleater and Billie Meaders 2-23-93" to underside […]
Lot 466: 4 NC Pottery Items, Inc. J.B. Cole, Charlie Moore, Jugtown
Four (4) North Carolina pottery items, including J. B. Cole, Charlie Moore, and Jugtown. 1st item: Folk art pottery chicken figural by Charlie Moore (NC, 1935-2007) with combed decoration and rutile drips to beak and tail. Signed and dated on the base "Charlie Moore 2001" together with a Jugtown stamp. 8 3/8" H. 2nd item: […]
Lot 464: Southern Alkaline Glaze Pottery Jug w/ Sine Wave, AL
Southern stoneware pottery jug, likely Alabama, having a dark brown alkaline glaze and two bands of incised and combed sine wave decoration to the upper shoulder and neck, applied pulled handle. 16 1/4" H. Late 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with scattered firing imperfections. Handle has at least two sections previously broken and glued […]
Lot 465: Miniature Kentucky Whiskey Jug, Ames Buggy and Auto
Flat sided miniature whiskey jug advertising Ames Buggy and Automobiles of Kentucky, two tone glaze, with blue stenciled letters on front: "TAKE A SMILE WITH AMES OF OWENSBORO", and en verso: "MFR. of PLEASURE VEHICLES / BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY". 2 7/8" H. Note: Ames was a buggy manufacturer established circa 1898 in Owensboro. From […]
Lot 463: J.A Roberts Middle TN Pottery 10-Gallon Jar
Large J.A. Roberts Middle Tennessee stoneware pottery 10-gallon jar with dark albany slip glaze, having two lug handles, stamped "J. A. ROBERTS POTTERY" along the lower body and "10" denoting capacity to neck. 21 1/2" H x 13" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. History: Originally born in NC, Roberts learned the pottery trade from his […]
Lot 461: 3 Southern Stoneware Pottery Items
Three (3) Southern stoneware pottery items, including 1 1/2 gallon jar attributed to Lindsey Campbell. 1st item: Attributed to Lindsey Campbell (Johnson County, Tennessee, active ca. 1870-1885) 1 1/2-gallon jar with a light brown salt glaze, having two lug handles and incised lines around the neck. Unmarked. 11" H x 10" W. Biography: "Lindsey was […]
Lot 462: 2 West TN Stoneware Pottery Jugs
Two (2) West Tennessee stoneware jugs. 1st item: West TN salt glazed stoneware jug, ovoid form, having an applied strap handle attached at the base of the rim, large, incised "T" to upper shoulder, possiblyTinsley Craven shop. 16" H x 10 " W.2nd item: Southern salt glazed jug having an irregularlyshaped rim, applied strap handle, […]
Lot 460: 2 W. VA Stoneware Jars, incl. Frazier, Staats
Two (2) West Virginiacobalt decorated stoneware jars. 1st item: Frazer and Bishop, Martinsburg, WV jar stenciled "Frazer & Bishop/Dealers/In/General/Merchandise/Martinsburg/WV"with leaf sprays to one side. 8 1/4" H x 5 3/8" W. 2nd item: G.W. Staats and Son, Evans, WV jar stenciled "G.W. Staats & Son/Dealers in Gen./Merchandise/Evans. W.VA." with additional scrolling decoration within lettering to […]
Lot 459: Bearsville, West Virginia Riggs Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Jar
J. R. and A. W. Riggs, Bearsville, West Virginiacobalt decorated salt-glazed stoneware preserving jar, stenciled "J. R. & A. W. Riggs/Dealers In/General Merchandise/Bearsville. W.VA." surrounding a central leaf decoration to front side; additional freehand line decorations to neck, upper shoulder, and base. 10 1/4" H x 6 1/2" W.Last quarter 19th century.Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia […]