Description

Important Piedmont N.C. Slip Decorated Miniature Redware Pottery Bowl

Medium

Pottery

Date

1840

Condition Report

Good with hairline crack

Exhibited

Currently Mebane Antique Gallery and available for preview

Literature

The phrase "Important Piedmont N.C. Slip Decorated Miniature Redware Pottery Bowl" references an exceptionally rare, highly collectible piece of early American utilitarian earthenware. Because lead-glazed redware is highly fragile and fragile items intended for daily use rarely survived, authentic 19th-century examples from the North Carolina Piedmont region—especially miniature versions—command significant interest from museums and folk art collectors. • The Slip Decoration: "Slip" is a liquid mixture of clay and water applied to the vessel before firing. Potters used slip-cups to trail intricate, fluid designs across the pottery. North Carolina redware is celebrated for its distinctive multi-colored slips—often incorporating cream-yellow, rich copper green, and dark brown manganese stripes, waves, dots, or stylized floral motifs like tulips. • The "Miniature" Rarity: Miniature vessels are significantly harder to find than standard "dirt dishes" or large standard bowls. They were occasionally made as toys, salesman samples, or "whimsies" (showcase pieces made by a potter at the end of the day)

Provenance

Brothers Collection

Notes

Available for live in house bidding and pay-pick up from our gallery, Always bid with confidence with Mebane Auction. Thank you Jon Lambert

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Available payment options

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