Lot #: 254
Price Realized: $1,495.00
($1,300 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.
Very Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Bold Cobalt Garland Decoration, Stamped "MYERS & BOKEE," Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, ovoid jar with squared rim, tooled shoulder, and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and back with a brushed cobalt stem embellished with numerous leaves flanking a central circular blossom. Cobalt brushed over each handle and in an arching line under each handle. This rare jar includes a faintly incised looping stem with hanging flowerbud on the reverse. Exceptional color. The impressed mark at the shoulder refers to a partnership between merchants, Henry Myers and John C. Bokee. Provenance: From a thirty-year Virginia collection. Chip to one handle. Smaller chips to opposite handle. Three hairlines extending up from base, measuring 3", 1 1/2", and 1/2". In-the-making 3/4" chip off underside at edge. H 13".
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