The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection – Our Premier Autumn Auction Session II | October 22, 2025
Arie Meaders and Edwin “Nub” Meaders Stoneware Birds
Over 60 years ago, Sally and Paul Hawkins developed a deep appreciation of decorative arts created in the Southeast. Both born and educated in the South, the Hawkins studiously began to collect furniture, paintings, folk art, and pottery. The latter was of particular interest, and the criteria used for their selections varied. Forms, glazes, specific locales of production, or rarity of a certain maker’s work all influenced their choices.
Outstanding Signed and Dated Dave Drake Edgefield SC Stoneware Jar
Important Dave Drake “LM” Inscribed Edgefield South Carolina Stoneware Jug
Rare and Exceptional Six Gallon Collin Rhodes Attributed Edgefield SC Decorated Stoneware Jug Masterwork
Collin Rhodes Attributed Edgefield Decorated Stoneware Jar
Over the years, they generously supported the Atlanta History Center, the High Museum of Art, and the Georgia Museum of Art. To MESDA, they donated a Washington County, Georgia, two handled jar by Lucius Jordan. In 1999, they gifted a strikingly glazed jug inscribed “Dave”, Oct-1853″, and “LM” to the American Museum of Folk Art in New York.
Fine Collin Rhodes Attributed Edgefield SC Decorated Stoneware Jar
Important Collin Rhodes Attributed Edgefield SC Decorated Stoneware Jug
Lanier Meaders Double Face Candelabra Jug
Extremely Scarce Arie Meaders Attributed Georgia Decorated Stoneware Peacock
Lanier Meaders Double Face Jug
It is hoped that others can add to their own collections with offerings from this remarkable group of Southern pottery, valuing each of them as much as Sally and Paul did.
Fine Thomas Chandler Edgefield South Carolina Decorated Stoneware Jar
Thomas Chandler Edgefield SC Decorated Stoneware Clabber Bowl
The lots will be available online four weeks prior to the auction date. Items will be on preview October 13-17 and October 20-21 at Brunk Auctions Asheville gallery, 117 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805, offering collectors the opportunity to view the objects prior to bidding.
Rare and Important Buncombe County North Carolina Attributed Stoneware Jar
Rare Thomas Chandler Attributed Edgefield SC Stoneware Preserve Jar with Handle
Other important Southern pottery, including a rare Edgefield, SC face jug from the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama, will accompany the Hawkins Collection.
Important Collin Rhodes Attributed Decorated Stoneware Jug from the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Outstanding Edgefield South Carolina Stoneware Face Jug from the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
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