Five (5) Middle Tennessee pottery jars, jugs, and beer bottle, including Nashville Pottery. 1st item: Middle TN stoneware brown glazed pottery jug with one strap handle and one lug handle and incised lines around the shoulder. 13 1/2" H. 2nd item: Middle TN stoneware lidded jar with incised decoration to body and scratch signature "John". […]
Lot 403: NC Stoneware Pottery Jar, attrib. Sylvanus Hartsoe
North Carolina 4- gallon stoneware pottery jar attributed to Sylvanus Leander Hartsoe (Lincoln County, NC, 1850-1926) having two applied handles, dark alkaline glaze and rutile runs. Incised "4" denoting capacity. 15 3/4" H. CONDITION: Scattered firing flaws to body, firing cracks to the rim. 3" hairline at base, under Minute fleabites to both handles. Overall […]
Lot 399: East TN Decker 4-Gallon Stoneware Crock
Large East Tennessee stoneware pottery 4-gallon crock attributed to Charles Frederick Decker of Washington County (1832-1914) with multiple bands of sine wave decoration and extruded lug handles. Stamped "4" two times on rim and one time below the rim to denote capacity. 11 1/8" H x 13" dia. Late 19th century. For similar crock forms, […]
Lot 400: Charles Decker Stoneware Crock & S. Bell Jar
Two (2) Southern pottery items, Charles Decker and Solomon Bell. 1st item: East TN cobalt decorated jar, attrib. Charles Decker of Keystone Pottery, Washington Co., TN, 2 gallon capacity, having extruded lug handles, bold cobalt decorated flower or tulip design on both sides with cobalt accents to the extruded lug handles. Stamped "2" to rim […]
Lot 401: 3 East TN Pottery Jars, Harmon & Weaver
Three (3) East Tennessee pottery jars, including Harmon and Weaver. 1st & 2nd items: Two (2) Greene County, East Tennessee stoneware pottery preserving jars with the impressed M P HARMON MOHAWK coggle around the circumference of jar just below the rim for Moses P. Harmon, working Mohawk, TN, circa 1877-1906. 6 1/4" H and 8" […]
Lot 396: 2 Georgia Pottery Jugs, incl. Lanier Meaders
Two (2) Georgia pottery jugs, including Lanier Meaders. 1st item: Lanier Meaders (White County, Georgia, 1917-1998) signed and dated 3 gallon stoneware pottery jar having a dark olive alkaline glaze, one strap handle, one lug handle and an incised 3 below the lug handle denoting capacity. 15 1/4" H. 2nd item: Georgia stoneware pottery jar […]
Lot 397: 2 Georgia Pottery Jugs, Chester & Matthew Hewell
Two (2) Georgia alkaline glazed stoneware pottery jars with strap and lug handles and green drip glaze. 1st item: Stoneware pottery jar incised "MH" on the handle for Matthew Hewell and stamped along the lower base edge "M Hewell/Gillsville GA", additionally signed and dated 1999 on the base. 14 1/2" H. 20th century. 2nd item: […]
Lot 398: Southern Earthenware Monkey Jug, Dated 1866
Southern, Western NC or East TN earthenware "monkey" or harvest jug having a dark manganese glaze, central applied pulled handle between two spouts. Underside of base with incised date "1866" with an incised diamond in the center of the date and two incised "swag" designs below. 5 1/2" H x 4 1/4" dia. CONDITION: One […]
Lot 394: Cherokee Rivercane Basket & Paper Mache Chicken
Grouping of one (1) Native American Cherokee rivercane basket and one (1) painted folk art paper mache chicken. 1st item: Low form Cherokee rivercane waste basket, with alternating dyed weavers. Round body on square base. 7" H x 10 1/4" dia. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Polychrome painted folk art paper mache chicken, mounted on […]
Lot 395: 4 Large Pigeon Forge Pottery Bears by Douglas Ferguson
Four (4) East Tennessee Pigeon Forge pottery bears in various reclined positions. Bear seated upright on all fours is incised "Pigeon Forge Pottery Ferguson" on underside. Remaining three are signed "Douglas Ferguson" on underside. Bears range in size from 5 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W x 5" D to 9 1/2" H x 7" […]