Lot #: 189
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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.
Extremely Rare and Important Early Stoneware Oyster Jar, attributed to Thomas Commeraw, Manhattan, NY, circa 1805, cylindrical jar with recessed rim allowing for a metal canning lid, the front impressed in large, deep letters "DANIEL / JOHNSON / No 24 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK". Recent research by Brandt Zipp indicates Johnson was a free African-American oysterman, working in the vicinity of Commeraw's shop. One of a very small number of Manhattan oyster jars known. Provenance: Recently discovered in Canada. Heavy chipping to base. Faint 2 1/2" vertical line on front, extending from the second E in "STREET" downward, to the right of the "K" in "YORK". H 6 7/8".
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