This 9 1/2″ tall double handled jar from Edgefield, South Carolina circa 1850’s attributed to Thomas Chandler sold for $2480 in September 2009. This piece was missing a handle and had several hairlines.

It is believed that the women slaves who worked in these plantation potteries applied the decorations to the pots. Thomas Chandler was born in Virginia in 1810. According to the Mckissick Museum “by 1840, records indicate that Chandler had moved to South Carolina and turned in several of the Edgefield Pottery Factories including Phoenix factory. In 1850, he co-owned the Trapp-Chandler factory with John Trapp. Chandler died in 1854; his ceramic wares are often recognized by the use of iron slip for loop and floral decorations.”

This 8 ½ inch tall Collin Rhodes South Carolina Pottery Jug sold for $3,508 in September 2009.  This jug was made in the early 1850s and it is believed by many that African-American slave women helped decorate these jugs.   This slip-applied glaze has decoration consisting of a looped medallion around the symbol “½”