Lot #: 233
Price Realized: $333.50
($290 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Rare One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "H. MYERS," Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1825, straight-sided jar with tooled foot, rounded and tooled shoulder, and thin, semi-squared rim, decorated around the shoulder with a series of heavy cobalt swags. Made at merchant, Henry Myers, pottery under the management of Henry Remmey, Sr. This jar has an unusual impressed "F" within a sawtooth border above the maker's mark. We have seen this mark on a few other examples of Myers stoneware, but are unaware of its meaning. It is possible that it is the mark of a particular potter who worked for Myers, or that it represents a particular client. Base chips, some of which occurred in the firing. 4 1/2" hairline crack from rim. H 10".
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