Two (2) Middle Tennessee pottery stoneware grease lamps, both with slip glaze, pulled handles with indentions at terminus. 3 3/4" H x 5" dia. & 4" H x 5 1/2" dia. Both Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Smallest grease lamp with glaze wear to rim, otherwise good condition. Tall lamp with chipping […]
Lot 147: 2 Knoxville, TN Weaver Bros. Pottery Jars
Lot of two (2) East Tennessee, Knoxville stoneware pottery jars stamped "Weavers & Bro. Knoxville" including one preserving jar and one 2-gallon storage jar with lug handles and additionally stamped "2" denoting capacity. 9 1/4" H and 12 3/4" H. CONDITION: Preserving jar with a couple of fleabites to outer rim. Larger jar with a […]
Lot 146: Weaver Bros. Knoxville Four Gallon Stoneware Jar
East Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Weaver Brothers stoneware pottery jar with elongated rim and lug handles and stamped "Weaver & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn." and "4" denoting capacity. 16" H. Note: The Weaver Pottery was listed in the Knoxville Business Directory from 1876-1887 with David Weaver listed as the proprietor and George C. Weaver as a potter. […]
Lot 145: East TN William Grindstaff Stamped Jar
East Tennessee, Blount or Knox County, stoneware pottery preserving jar, with 2 incised lines around the shoulder. Upper body with impressed semi-circle stamp "W. Grinstaff" for William Grindstaff, with an impressed "2" above denoting capacity. 10 5/8" H. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
Lot 144: East TN Decker Stoneware Pouring Vessel
Washington County, Tennessee stoneware pottery pouring or water jar attributed to Charles Frederick Decker (1832-1914) with a pouring spout in the rim, sine wave decoration below the lug handles and one lug handle to the lower base edge. 14 3/8" H x 12 3/4" dia. Biography (Courtesy of Carole Wahler): Charles Frederick Decker was born […]
Lot 143: 2 East TN Stoneware Pottery Jars, 1 exhibited
Two (2) East Tennessee stoneware pottery jars. 1st item: East TN transitional redware/stoneware pottery jar with extruded handles, possibly Greene County. 13 3/4" H. 19th century. Exhibited 1996-1997 at the East TN History Center "Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware made in East Tennessee 1800-1900", curated by Dr. Carole Wahler. 2nd item: Large East Tennessee stoneware […]
Lot 140: 3 East TN M. P. Harmon Stoneware Jars
Group of three (3) East Tennessee M. P. Harmon stoneware pottery jars: one with impressed "M P Harmon, Mohawk" coggle around the circumference of the rim; one with impressed "M P Harmon, Mohawk" coggle around the circumference of the rim with cobalt decoration; and one unmarked but with similar cobalt decoration. M P Harmon/Mohawk is […]
Lot 141: East TN Earthenware Jar w/ Manganese Decoration
East Tennessee, Greene or Sullivan County, lead glazed earthenware jar with manganese splotched decoration, pulled loop handles, rim and upper shoulder with incised concentric lines, unglazed base with beaded foot. 15″ H. For a related form, refer to the article, “Earthenware Potters Along the Great Road in Virginia and Tennessee,” J. Roderick Moore, Antiques Magazine, […]
Lot 139: 4 Virginia Stoneware Pottery Items
Four (4) Virginia stoneware pottery items including: one (1) 3 gallon cylindrical stoneware jar having lug handles and cobalt decoration along the neck; impressed maker's mark below one handle reading "J. Eberly & Bro./Strasburg, VA", (13 3/4" H); one (1) J. M. Hickerson salt glazed stoneware bowl stamped "J. M. Hickerson/Strausberg, VA (5 1/4" H […]
Lot 137: Southwest Virginia Pie Safe Sideboard Press
Southwest Virginia, Lee, Russell, or Scott County, two-piece pie safe and sideboard press, walnut primary, poplar secondary. Top comprised of a conforming removable cornice (dovetailed) over three doors having six glass panes. Base with three overhanging dovetailed drawers over three doors with urn and polkberry tins; additional urn and polkberry tins to the sides. Four […]