Lot Essay
Two tags on the bottom. The first reads: "TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Piece No. 7, Mrs. Gen. Geo. Buell, Fort Houston of New Mexico. December 7, 1881." The second reads: "8016430/16/THS"
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A POLACCA POLYCHROME JAR
With flat base and rounded sides, shoulders taper to the neck and the rim flares slightly, thick walls painted over a creamy white slip in deep red and black, two scalloped diamond motifs enclosing circular medallions enclosing star patterns, flanking interfacing large scale "rain bird" spirals, three stripes on the rounded shoulder, surmounted by a neck band of serrated patterns surmounted by a pair of stripes at the rim, hatch and cross-hatch elements overall
9in. (24.7cm.) diameter
With flat base and rounded sides, shoulders taper to the neck and the rim flares slightly, thick walls painted over a creamy white slip in deep red and black, two scalloped diamond motifs enclosing circular medallions enclosing star patterns, flanking interfacing large scale "rain bird" spirals, three stripes on the rounded shoulder, surmounted by a neck band of serrated patterns surmounted by a pair of stripes at the rim, hatch and cross-hatch elements overall
9in. (24.7cm.) diameter