Dave Drake Stoneware Jar

A stoneware jar attributed to Dave Drake, an enslaved man who worked as a potter from the 1830s to the 1860s, sold at Brunk Auctions for $369,000. This was the highest price for an unsigned Dave jar. The jar has an inscription and is dated 12 April 1836. Later jars are signed “Dave.”

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