Lot #: 34
Price Realized: $1,265.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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 One-Gallon Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar, Stamped "COMMERAWS / STONEWARE," Manhattan, NY origin, circa 1805, ovoid stoneware jar with rounded foot, tooled shoulder, and applied vertical loop handles, the front and back decorated with an impressed and cobalt-highlighted drape and tassel design. Midsection impressed with the cobalt-highlighted stamp "COMMERAWS" on one side, and on the reverse with "STONEWARE". Featuring a highly-prized, early style form with vertical handles, this jar is a rare transitional piece, made shortly after Commeraw began using his well-known impressed drape and tassel decoration. It is the only example we have offered in a vertical-handled form featuring this popular impressed motif. Sealed crack on one side, extending onto underside where it becomes thinner and fainter, ultimately becoming a faint hairline, which extends several inches up the opposite side of the jar. Otherwise excellent condition. H 9 1/2".
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