1830s-1840s, alkaline glazed stoneware of an ovoid form with applied lug handles and slightly rolled rim, somewhat uneven medium olive alkaline glaze. One handle stamped "10" and the opposite handle stamped with Seagle's 'Middle Period' mark of "DS" flanked by a circled dot and a star

18 1/4 x 17 x 17 in.

Collection of a Gentleman, Greensboro, North Carolina

Daniel Seagle's family were early settlers in Lincoln County, North Carolina, arriving from Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth-century. Daniel Seagle originally made both lead-glazed earthenware and alkaline-glazed stoneware, although very few of his earthenware pieces have survived.

Area of 1 in. where glaze is lifting; bullet hole beneath one handle, not noticeable; approx. 7 in. tight hairline from mid-section to base where it branches; 5 in. tight hairline from rim downwards.