Daniel Seagle (Lincoln County, NC, 1805-1867), Six Gallon Storage Jar

Circa 1850, highly ovoid stoneware jar with dark glossy alkaline glaze, having a thin, slightly rolled rim and wide arched lug handles, featuring dark glaze runs from each handle and the rim, one handle stamped "DS" within a rectangular reserve, the opposing handle is stamped "6".


16 x 14 x 14 in.

From the Collection of Quincy and Betty Scarborough, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Old areas of repair to the upper rim; some scattered areas of surface pitting; one small minor chip to each handle.