Lot #: 156
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Wave Decoration, attributed to the Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA, circa 1825, finely-potted ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and rounded rim, decorated with a vivid cobalt wave design around the shoulder, embellished with tassel-shaped foliate designs. Impressed "1/2" at shoulder. Pieces with this distinctive form, decoration, and capacity mark, are most often found bearing an "H. SMITH & CO." or "H.C. SMITH / ALEXA / D.C." maker's mark. A base chip and two minor base nicks, one of which is glazed-over. A glazed-over rim chip and some small chips to bottom edge of rim molding.
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