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Lot 2371

Six North Carolina Pottery Wares, Attributed Cole and Auman Families

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1940s, three handle bowl forms, including (2) attributed to Cole family, glazed in gunmetal (6 3/4 in.) and teal (6 in.); a similar form in clear lead glaze attributed to C.R. Auman Pottery (Seagrove, NC); a two handled low vase and two cobalt candlesticks also attributed to C.R. Auman Pottery (tallest 5 in.).

Private Collection, Ohio

The form in teal and gunmetal is pictured in J B Cole's 1940s production catalogue. It has also been attributed to A. R. Cole Pottery on pg. 128 of Robert Locke's text The Traditional Potters of Seagrove, North Carolina.

Teal with some small glaze flake; interiors with light staining from use.