![]() ![]() This is an extraordinary example of Southern Pottery its quality, historical significance, and great overall condition generated significant excitement on the floor and phones, driving the bidding on the “Dave” Jar to nearly quadruple the $40,000-$60,000 presale estimate. Dave Drake’s inscriptions detailed his thoughts and reflections on love, money, religion, and life as a slave. Dave’s “owners” obviously turned a blind eye to this rule. ![]() ![]() The punishments varied but included imprisonment and floggings. The reason for this was the fear that slaves might be able to forge documents of freedom, and indeed some did just that. Only 34 of these are know the exists and their existence is of interest because slaves were not allowed to read or write, the so-called anti-literacy laws that in some states extended to all people of color. However, if it had a poem, one of his charming couplets, scratched through the glaze it would have sold for over $500,000. Lot 1210 captured the top price of the sale and set a new auction record for a signed and dated “Dave” Edgefield Stoneware jar. ![]() ASHEVILLE, North Carolina-With its green and brown alkaline glaze, thick turned rim and large lug handles at its shoulders, a Monumental “Dave” Edgefield Stoneware Jar by the slave, Dave Drake, 18 inches high, sold for an impressive $184,500 at Brunk Auctions’ February sale. ![]()
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