Lot #: 13
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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.
Exceptional Stoneware Jug with Incised Ring-Necked Pheasant Decoration, Crolius or Remmey Family, Manhattan, NY, late 18th or early 19th century, large-sized jug with highly ovoid form, rounded spout, and heavily-ribbed handle, decorated with a large incised standing pheasant with crest, ringed neck, detailed wing, and scalloped tail tip. Decoration filled with cobalt slip. A finely-executed and large-sized design. This jug is one of a very few pieces known decorated by the same skilled craftsman. We are aware of two other similarly-shaped jugs with this decoration, as well as an extremely important stoneware flask, decorated with three incised birds of this style. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York. Base chips. Hairlines at base and in handle. Two in-the-firing chips on top of spout. H 14 1/2".
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