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Oct 22, 2025
(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800, d. after 1873) made by Dave Drake, Lewis Miles Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, ovoid form, double dipped olive green runny alkaline glaze with crackle over lighter olive glaze, thick glaze run with glaze crackle around lower body of jar, three finger print marks in glaze at bottom side edge, inscribed "Feb - 25 - 1857" over "Dave" at left front shoulder of jar, "Lm" initials of Lewis Miles vertically inscribed at center of front shoulder, two slash marks to right front of jar in between two vertical rows of three punctuates indicating a capacity of possibly 6 gallons, applied 5 in. lug handles on opposing shoulders, tooled semi round rim, 15 in. tall, 44-1/4 in. circumference
Provenance: The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
Note: Listed as no. 86, on pg. 68, in the Arthur F. Goldberg and James P. Witkowski article Beneath His Magic Touch: The Dated Vessels of the African American Slave Potter Dave, published by the Chipstone Foundation in Ceramics in America 2006, edited by Rob Hunter.
The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
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