Featured Edgefield jug

I recently posted some pictures in the Furniture forum of what seems to be a candle box. The box came to me from my mother's family in Edgefield, SC. In the discussion, James Conrad made the connection to Edgefield, and mentioned that he'd seen some amazing auction results for Edgefield pottery, especially signed pieces. So, I thought I'd share a few pictures of this jug, also a family piece from Edgefield. I would hesitate to assign a date to it, but it was among items from the mid 1800's that my mother inherited.

 

Yep, that's what I would do. They would know plus their website encourages peeps to inquire about old jugs and I think it's free.

 

Your Enfield jug looks very Brown! Which is about ALL I know about it.

 

Someone wrote a song about that, didn't they?

 

The folks at Crocker Farms are wonderful to work with & are very helpful. I sold a pottery whistle shaped like a dog with them back in 2016. Thank you again, Don!!

Here is the original thread.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/old-pottery-dog-figurine-school-project-or-something-else.8598/

They have Edgefield jugs come through the auction house here in Columbia SC quite frequently & they always bring very spirited bidding.

However, I am with @James Conrad to me this looks like a brown baked dirt whiskey jug & I wouldn't be able to spot an Edgefield jug if it fell into my lap. I have always said the only way I will ever find one is by sheer accident.

 

I really ought to inventory and post pictures of all the goodies my mother gave me that came from her Edgefield family. They range from a Joseph Johnson fusee pocket watch, to a hand hewn dough bowl. Hmmm, now that I'm retired, I guess I don't have an excuse not to.

 

I'd like to see the pocket watch!

 

I did post about the watch a couple of years ago. I was directed to the NAWCC, where I got quite a lot of information

I hope it's alright to post a re-direct here.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/joseph-johnson-fusee-watch.39243/#post-723449

One of the things I learned is that the gold hallmarks are bogus. The movement was put in a new case when it was shipped to the US. Apparently it was common to import uncased watches, and put them in US made cases. The hallmarks were added to increase the value.

 

The Edgefield pots that are really famous are those made by a slave named Dave Drake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Drake_(potter)

 

Here is an article about an excavation of a pottery site in Edgefield.

http://www.chipstone.org/article.ph...nd-at-the-Joseph-Gregory-Baynham-Pottery-Site

 

With that squared shoulder it’s considered a “stacker jug”. The glaze looks like an Albany slip but maybe in natural light it looks different? I’d think circa 1870-1890. Just guessing made by Hahn or Baynham, they used both alkaline and Albany slip glazes.

 

I'd like to see the dough bowl

 

Indeed, Dave the slave holds the world record for an American Potter for a single jug sold at auction. $1,560,000.......... FOR ONE JUG!

https://www.crockerfarm.com/highlights/edgefield-stoneware/

The link above is an entire page on Edgefield SC potters (not just Dave Drake) & the prices they fetch at auction, kind of UNREAL!
At the bottom of the Edgefield page at link above are jugs/ potters from all over, NYC, NY state, New England, Baltimore, bla bla bla
Pot people are NUTS!
Or at least, nuttier than furniture people!

 

So says you

 

I've emailed them, and will gladly share any response.

 

I don't know if this person is correct it their attribution as Baynham, Edgefield but they seem to have some reason to think so. Just thought it resembled yours quite a bit so just wanted to put it out there. Crocker Farms will know more I'm certain.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254660565436

 

Beautiful watch! Beats my Hamilton America Railroad watch!