A 19th Century Painted Stoneware Ring Bottle that Recently Sold on eBay

This nineteenth century painted stoneware ring bottle recently sold on eBay for $315, although it previously exchanged hands through some dealers in New England: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256890306564.

The reason that I am posting about this object is because the black paint does not appear to be original, and rather hidden beneath the paint there appears like there could be a gray salt glaze, perhaps even some cobalt. 

These types of ring bottles with bases were made by red earthenware and stoneware potters in the American South in the nineteenth century, including one that is illustrated on the cover of the 2023 issue of Ceramics in America: https://chipstone.org/issue.php/55/Ceramics-in-America-2023.

Nevertheless, I have not seen this exact shape before, but I thought it was a very interesting object, possibly made by a potter in the Mid-Atlantic region or even further south. Interestingly, though, there is also a good stoneware ring bottle that I posted about included as part of the good stoneware collection that I have been writing about available at Antiques Associates At West Townsend in Massachusetts: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/two-19th-century-stoneware-ring-flasks.html.

Note: I would be thrilled to show before and after pictures of this bottle - if whoever bought the object would like to share publicly what is under the paint. Feel free to contact me through the contact section on this website.

A 19th Century Stoneware Ring Bottle that Recently Sold on eBay

19th Century Painted Stoneware Ring Bottle

There Appears to be a Gray Colored Salt Glaze Beneath the Paint

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A View of the Base

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