Lot #: 83
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 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.
Small-Sized Stoneware Jar with Coggled Bird Decoration, attributed to the Morgan / Van Wickle Pottery, Old Bridge, NJ, early 19th century, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and tapered collar with rounded rim, the body decorated with a cobalt-highlighted, coggled design of a bird holding a leaf in its beak. Potter's fingerprints throughout body of jar. Attribution based on sherds recovered by Robert J. Sim Shard from the Van Wickle & Morgan Pottery site, Old Bridge, NJ, now at the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. Excellent condition with some in-the-firing dryness to surface and a some very faint surface lines near base, presumably in-the-firing. H 8 1/8".
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