Southern Pottery & Folk Art Extravaganza
Lot 33:
Fine Edgefield, South Carolina signed LM Dave Drake Six Gallon Food Storage Jar. Stoney Bluff site, 1850s time period. This is an amazing food jar with a very earthy brown rich glaze with an LM that is script signed and just fantastic with two slashes and five punctates. The jar is classic Dave Drake master potter’s hands and has an outstanding form with two lug lifter handles and flared pulled rim. The jar was discovered in a barn outside of Washington, Georgia many years ago and has been in a private collection until now. Folks these examples are getting very tough to find, especially fresh examples and one especially in really good condition. These are now referred to as stunning objects of art from the classic utilitarian stoneware of the American South. This jar has traces of food stored from many moons ago and has a rich important history, and life lessons if this jar could talk. This is a great signed jar with outstanding condition. Condition, has two insignificant rim chips, typical from age and use. NO cracks and NO Repairs. If you ever wanted a signed documented script signed Dave jar, then this is one to have on your radar to add to your collection. To find an LM signed jar is very hard nowadays, as almost all are in institutions or private collections across the country. Dave’s examples are now in many institutions across the United States and have even been seen across in Europe. As many of you know his examples can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greenville Museum of Art and most notably the Hear Me Now Project and many other institutions across the country. Simply folks find another one. Standing 14 ½" Tall
Condition: Condition, has two insignificant rim chips, typical from age and use. NO cracks and NO Repairs. If you ever wanted a signed documented script signed Dave jar, then this is one to have on your radar to add to your collection.
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