#43 • Grace Nell Hewell Signed Handled Vase w/Grapes

Part of Purple Gallery - Furniture, Uniques, Gifts + More (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $110.00

Status: Sold

Signed on the bottom Grace Nell Hewell 10-14-1993. Beautiful spit glaze vase is 11.5" tall, 3.5" top diameter and 7" wide at the handles. Applied grapes, vines, and leaves, look amazing. this is really an outstanding example of her work without chips or cracks. Grace Nell Hewell (1933-2016) was an integral part of the Hewell Pottery team in Gilllsville, GA as the wife of the original Harold "Bud" Hewell. She is an expert potter herself who used the native red Georgia clay and tobacco spit or alkaline glazes. The Hewells have become one of the premier folk art potters and still fire all their pottery in traditional wood burning kilns. jrb.