edgefield-district-sc-four-gallon-storage-jar-attributed-lewis-miles
Lot 6016
Edgefield District, SC, Four Gallon Storage Jar, Attributed Lewis Miles
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Stoney Bluff Manufactory,1850s, an ovoid form having a rounded rim above tooled lines at the throat, applied lug handles, streaky brown and olive alkaline glaze, likely attribution to Dave the Potter, capacity not marked, not signed.

13 x 10 in.

Private Collection

A Dave signed storage jar with a similar form, especially the rim and neck treatment and placement of the handles, is on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Loss of 2 1/2 in. at the rim; glaze blisters and glaze attrition; some in-kiln damage to the surface; underside surface cracks.