Lot #: 313
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 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 Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Turkey Decoration, Stamped "LYONS," Thompson Harrington, Lyons, NY, circa 1865, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a folky slip-trailed design of a turkey with turned head, striped neck, and nicely-detailed wing, standing on a stylized ground. Slip-trailed "2" at shoulder. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. A highly unusual design on American stoneware, and the first example of a turkey we have seen by this desirable New York State maker. Heavy flaking to base, primarily on side and reverse. A few other flakes to midsection. 9 1/2" crack from rim on side of crock, curving onto reverse. Chip to front of rim. Salt drip to shoulder. Faint 3 1/2" hairline on far right side of crock's front. Small chip to underside at edge. Minor nicks and wear to interior of rim.
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