However, for one reason or another, I have always been especially drawn to the red earthenware manufactured in southwest Virginia and east Tennessee. My interests really revolve around a combination of the history, forms and glaze colors. But these type of objects are also quite difficult to find today since they have been desired by collectors and museums for decades.
Nonetheless, a wonderful selection of wares from this region just sold today at Case Antiques in Knoxville, Tennessee, which included some of the forms I just referenced found in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg and MESDA.
Three pieces of pottery made by Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861) in Greene County, Tennessee were included as part of the sale, who is regarded as one of the most notable and skilled Tennessee potters before the American Civil War. In fact, I would not be surprised to learn if any of these pieces end up in a museum. But Haun's story as a historical figure during the Civil War is just as important, seeing that he participated in a bridge burning on November 8, 1861, acting against the Confederate army. Haun and a group of local potters were recruited to participate in the conspiracy, but they were eventually caught, and Haun and three others were hanged in Knoxville on December 11, 1861. But in spite of that, Haun's pottery is also some of the most colorful red earthenware produced anywhere in Tennessee in the nineteenth century.
Although, the sale also included a bold double-handled red earthenware jar from southwest Virginia (lot no. 158), which happens to be among my all-time favorite forms produced anywhere in America in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. Similar formed jars with lids are also displayed at Colonial Williamsburg and MESDA.
Lot No. 151
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Attributed to SW Virginia or East Tennessee
Stands 4 1/4" Tall
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View of One of the Handles
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Lot No. 152
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Attributed to the Cain Pottery in East Tennessee
Stands 4 1/2" Tall
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Lot No. 153
19th Century Red Earthenware Jug
Attributed to East Tennessee
Stands 7" Tall
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View of the Handle
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Lot No. 154
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Attributed to SW Virginia or East Tennessee
Stands 7 1/2" Tall
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View of One of the Handles
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Lot No. 155
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Made by Christopher Alexander Haun in Greene County, TN
Impressed on the Shoulder "C.A. Haun No. 1"
Stands 13" Tall
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View of One of the Handles
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Lot No. 156
19th Century Red Earthenware Jug
Made by Christopher Alexander Haun in Greene County, TN
Impressed on the Shoulder "C.A. Haun"
Stands 8 1/4" Tall
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View of Park of the Mark
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Another View of Part of the Mark
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Another View of the Jug
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Lot No. 157
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Attributed to Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN
Stands 12 3/4" Tall
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Another View of the Jar
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View of the Base
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Lot No. 158
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Attributed to Southwest Virginia
Stands 12" Tall
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View of One of the Handles
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