Attributed to A.R. Cole Pottery (Sanford, NC), Two Oval Low Bowls, One Published

Circa 1940s, glazed earthenware, the shorter in dark green glaze with branching double handles and round footed, stamped "CAROLINA CRAFT / AMERICAN /HANDMADE", to underside (4 1/2 x 12 x 6 3/4 in.), the taller with smalt blue glaze and ruffled rim, with dual loop handles, unmarked. (6 x 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

From the Estate of the late Dr. Everette James, Jr., Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The dark green bowl is published on page 170 of A. Everette James' definitive text "North Carolina Art Pottery, 1900-1960 Identification & Value Guide."

Dark green bowl with some glaze flakes to the upper rim; smalt bowl with small rim chip and small firing hairline.