Lot #: 5
Price Realized: $862.50
($750 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.
Exceptional Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Tulip and Impressed Asterisk Decorations, Manhattan, NY origin, early 19th century, ovoid jug with tooled spout, decorated with a very large incised design of a tulip flanked by leaves. Blossom and leaves embellished with unusual impressed broken circle designs, surrounded by meticulously brushed cobalt. Cobalt highlight to lower handle terminal. Tulip decorations are unusual for Manhattan stoneware, and the addition of impressed designs is unusual. A visually- striking example. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty-year Delaware Americana collection. Several base chips. Two in-the-firing iron pings near base. A filled and colored 1 3/4" chip on side of spout.
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