2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 09:00AM EST
Lot 227
Exhibited East TN Grindstaff Pottery Jar with Figure Stamp
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200
Sold for
$2,337
Sold Price includes BP
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East Tennessee, Blount County, tall ovoid salt-glazed stoneware pottery monkey jar. Thin high collar with gallery to support an inset lid (not present), impressed half-crescent mark W. GRINSTAFF 18 for Grindstaff Pottery (1870 - 1890) and "2" denoting capacity below the rim, and projecting bilateral knob handles (to support jar by rope or cord). Raised impression of a man with a plow on the lower front of the jar. Retains the exhibition label for the 2011 “Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900” exhibit held at the East Tennessee Historical Society. 14 1/2″ H. Note: This is the only documented Grindstaff pot with this particular impressed decoration. Featured on page 188, Figure 4, in the book "Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware made in East Tennessee, 1800-1900" Part One, by Carole Carpenter Wahler.
Condition
Approximately two-thirds of the rim edge with loss, 3/4 in. chip to the beveled base and scattered firing imperfections.
Provenance
The collection of Marty and David Black, Rockford, TN.
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