2 Gal. Stoneware Jar Marked N FURMAN NO 39 PECK SLIP NY

July 20, 2013 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 94

Price Realized: $287.50

($250 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar, Stamped "N, FURMAN, NO, 89, PECK, SLIP, NY," South Amboy, New Jersey origin, mid 19th century, cylindrical jar with rounded and tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a finely-brushed design of four tulips extending from a leafy stem. Reverse decorated with script cobalt "2". Excellent color and rare maker's mark. The potter of this jar, Noah Furman, is also known to have produced pieces bearing the mark "N. FURMAN / SOUTH AMBOY, N.J.". The jar offered here, though made in New Jersey, was sold or distributed through a warehouse in Manhattan. Drilled lamp wire hole at base on reverse. Tight 2" Y-shaped hairline from rim. A few small chips on interior of rim and additonal chips and wear to ledge on interior of rim, where a lid would rest. Small chip to one handle.