Lot #: 213
Price Realized: $2,415.00
($2,100 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.
Rare Shenandoah Valley Stoneware Preserve Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Rockingham Co., VA origin, circa 1860, squat-formed, highly ovoid jar with squared collar and applied ribbed handles, decorated with a flowering vine design on the front and back, consisting of a slip-trailed cobalt stem with three brushed blossoms and several leaves sprouting from it. A highly-prize form, distinctive to one county in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Excellent color and strong decoration. This example features a highly unusual five-petaled floral motif, which is previously undocumented on preserve jars from this region. Recently discovered in Delaware. Small rim chips and small chip to shoulder molding. 5 1/2� horizontal Y-shaped surface line to shoulder, which does not extend through to interior. 5� hairline on underside, continuing 4 1/2� up the jar’s side to right of one handle. Two small spots of in-the-firing salt residue on one side. H 6 3/4�. Width (at opening) 5 7/8� ; Width (at base) 6 3/8�.
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