Lot #: 9
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 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 Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Crisply-Incised Foliate Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, fourth quarter 18th century, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, footed base, and applied vertical handles. Front and reverse decorated with a deeply-incised design of splayed leaves extending from two circular buds with hollow centers resembling a figure 8. Incised decoration is delicately highlighted with cobalt slip. Additional cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A finely decorated and potted example of early Manhattan stoneware. Some scattered exfoliation to surface, primarily visible under one handle. Additional exfoliation to interior. Three small rim chips. A 1/4" line on exterior of rim. Base chips. Thin 7" cross-shaped crack, which curves up one side of jar to right of decoration. This crack is barely visible on interior. H 9 3/8".
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