Thomas Ritchie Catawba Valley NC 5gal Jar

Fine Catawba Valley North Carolina 5gal Jar strongly attributed to Thomas Ritchie (1825-1909) also noted the Ritchie family was one of the largest family of potters in the Catawba Valley area. Thomas

an outstanding 5 gallon catawba valley storage jar SIGNED TR for Thomas Ritchie ht 13"

Lot of 3pcs of Southern stoneware attributed to Thomas Ritchie & Probst families of the Catawba Valley & Buncombe County Regions. Small Pot on left marked w/slash on rim, poss Ritchie, center pot attr

Circa 1850, Catawba Valley North Carolina by Thomas Ritchie. Nicely potted and glazed example having a well placed handles on ovoid alkaline glazed body. Signed with impressed TR next to impressed two

alkaline-glazed, approximately two-quart capacity, ovoid form with flattened sides, and strap handle with medial ridge. Possibly Thomas Ritchie, Lincoln or Catawba Co., NC. Mid 19th century. 8 7/8" HO

RARE 1 gallon signed TR for Thomas Ritchie. Great size and very nice glaze height 11.25"

Two-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Catawba Valley, NC origin, fourth quarter 19th century, ovoid jar with applied lug handles and straight-and-wavy incised line decoration to shoulder, the surf

Two-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Catawba Valley, NC origin, second half 19th century, ovoid jar with semi-rounded rim and arching tab handles, the surface covered in a brownish alkaline glaze

Two Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jars, Catawba Valley, NC origin, fourth quarter 19th century, two two-gallon jars, both of semi-ovoid form with flared rims and applied lug handles, each covered in a dar

Eight-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, attributed to Burlon Craig at the Neely Blackburn Pottery, Catawba Valley, NC, circa 1935, large-sized, cylindrical jar with applied lug handles and semi-ro

One-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "TR", probably Thomas Luther Ritchie, Lincoln County, NC, second half 19th century, ovoid jar with flattened rim and arched handles, the surface cover

Two (2) North Carolina pottery items. 1st item: Kim Ellington (Vale, NC, b. 1954) Catawba Valley folk pottery lidded jar with incised concentric sine wave decoration to the body. Signed on the base. 8

A great example of Burlon's work from the 1990's, fully created by him from turning the jug, formation and aplication of strap handles, and application of the face. Plus the face jug is multiple color

2 handles. Signed on one SLH - height 14"

An absolute top notch folk pot by Steve Abee. Along with the puzzle jug, likely among the rarest offered recently. The devil horns flow so well with the buggy formation. And the dark forest green drip

Distinctly unique form by Roger, although there are a handful examples that do exist that are similar. Albeit fairly simple in form to cut out the features as greenware from the face is level of skill

Jeff has a neat story on how he came to pottery, but he did grow up in Lincolnton. Lot #112 discusses more of Jeff's background in pots. He was introeed by his mother-in-law to potter Joe Reinhardt. T

An absolutely original tremendous example for contemporary pottery in the Catawba Valley. The puzzle jug is meant to be a playful jug created by a potter so the user needs to figure out which hole is

Another amazing pot by Jeff Young. In this case, Jeff turned the 3 parts of the totem as a separate pots. This whole topic is fascinating on how a potter creates face totems/stacks. He has one level f

A fine swirl face pot by Burlon (b1914-d2002) turned late in his life with the face applied by his grandson Dwayne. As demand for the Burlon's faces particularly skyrocketed as an octogenerian, his gr

Two Wilkes County, North Carolina Stoneware Jugs, possibly J.W. Carpenter, fourth quarter 19th century, an ovoid, salt-glazed example and an alkaline-glazed example with two flattened sides. Both in e

Please refer to Lot #129 for more on Mike's background as it is helpful to understand of this collection being offered. This pot is just bananas fun. Mike creates a very large mouth with this with thr

These are fine examples of the folk pottery of Burlon Craig (b1914-d2002) circa 1990s. Both pots are tri-swirl with cobalt, white, and alkaline. And incised sine wave decoration. The pitcher has a fin

Great fun jug by Joe Reinhardt alluding to his wife Jill. This is from 2000 and on the base he 'My wife run off with another jug and what a relief'. And it's fine 2 handle swirl jug of which to be pro