Southern Pottery & Folk Art Auction
Lot 45:
Rare Crawford County Merritt Shop 3gal Bean Pot
Description
Scarce Stunning & Large Crawford County Emmett or Billy Merritt Shop Three Gallon Bean Pot. Folks this is hands down one of the finest examples known of a three gallon bean pot. This examples has a stellar glaze with a strong lime green alkaline glaze on the front side with deep rich earthy brown modified lime glaze encasing the pot. Strong lug handles and again outstanding eye appeal. This pot will be extremely hard to find a comparable example too. Provenance: Ex-Rob Hicklin; Ex-Howard Smith, Ex-Carole Wahler Collection. The har has base firing lines and a few normal wear flakes and small chips to the rim, nothing distracting, typical lug edge glaze flaking-chipping from age, normal use and wear. Three small insignificant tight lines from rim, note-stable. No repairs present. Folks for Crawford County this doesn’t get any better, find another one folks. It’s a rare and beautiful bird. Standing: 8 7/8" Tall x 10 3/4" W
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