Lot #: 110
Price Realized: $920.00
($800 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.
One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Bird on Stump Decoration, Stamped "NEW YORK STONEWARE CO.," Fort Edward, NY origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder and flaring rim, decorated with a slip-trailed bird with crest and long tail, perched on a stump flanked by shrubs, flowers, and dotted trails. Includes salt-glazed lid, impressed with a different 1 1/2 gallon capacity mark than jar. Excellent decoration on a desirable small size. Provenance: Tom McCandless Collection, Hopewell, NJ. Excellent condition. Chip to interior of rim. Minor chip to exterior of rim, and minor nicks to inner ledge where a lid would rest. Faint 1" line from rim. H 10 1/2".
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