Antique Clay Vessel Origin

[KC]

Mart, how on God's green earth can you forget we have red clay here??  LOL  (The first time I saw a red sky from a dust storm coming in from the plains I thought the world was coming to an end!)  😮

DANTES, I am searching.  I saw some Alabama clay pieces but couldn't trace them to post here.

[Rauville]

Looking at that Acorn, I get kind of a Cherokee design feeling?

[mart]

Mart, how on God's green earth can you forget we have red clay here??  LOL  (The first time I saw a red sky from a dust storm coming in from the plains I thought the world was coming to an end!)  😮

DANTES, I am searching.  I saw some Alabama clay pieces but couldn't trace them to post here.

Cause ours is covered with two or more feet of sand !!  Only timme I think about it is when it rains and I have to put horses in the stalls !!  Its like a redneck swimming pool back there !!  Red clay quicksand !!  Sucks your shoes off !!

[KC]

DANTES, I am at a loss to help you.  Hopefully someone else will chime in.  I will continue to look.

Do you have a city near you with a museum that you can call/ask them for someone to do a hands-on inspection n evaluation?  (Are you in Georgia - it seems you listed Georgia somewhere in the thread.)

Mart, I have had many a shoe "sucked off" my foot over the years walking through overly wet red clay.  I have to admit I never expected Texas to have the same looking Georgia Red Clay.  Here's what they do for fun
at the redneck games in Dublin, Georgia!! 

[DANTE5]

Thanks for trying KC.....I was considering looking for some hands on help with this.  During my extensive research I kept stumbling on pre-historic, ancient pottery and those alike.  (WHEW!!)  I am exhausted. 

BTW....They really do that..(photo) here in Georgia 

[jacon4]

Not a clue about this jug but, i would send pic's to these guys, they evaluate stoneware & redware for free and are one the largest auction houses in the nation for this kind of object.
http://www.crockerfarm.com/

[mart]

Great Idea Jacon4 !!  Brownie point for you !!

Any good sales coming up !!  Its spring and usually thats when they get going !!

[jacon4]

In the furniture world, hasn't been anything really outstanding that i have seen so far this year. Sometimes it's like that, sloooooooooooooow so far but, you never know what's comin round the corner.

[DANTE5]

Thank you jacon4...I needed that reference, I needed help finding such a place, GREAT!  thanks.

On the furniture circuit.  I went dumpster driving the other day to retrieve a table I saw.  I don't believe it's antique, but it is unique.  Heavy carved wood? with bronze statues of a Venus figure as legs.  I will be happy to share it you are interested in seeing the table Jacon4. (it is painted in a gold metallic color.)

[mart]

Well,, I want to see it !!

[jacon4]

Sure, post away, let's see it or it is pic above?

[DANTE5]

Pictures of table.....

[DANTE5]

more table pics....

[Skinny]

THAT was in the dumpster?! Good find!

[DANTE5]

Yes....I was driving and passed by it and made a turn around...Open up the hatch and loaded in my car.  I am not at home at the moment to take the measurement but I guest it approximately 5 1/2 feet by 3 feet at the widest point.