Lot #: 66
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, atributed to Samuel Bell, Winchester, VA, circa 1843, ovoid jar with tall collar and distinctive ribbed lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a finely-brushed tulip plant with blossoms in various stages of bloom. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Form and decoration characteristic of the work of Samuel Bell, during his tenure at the shop of his father, Peter, in Winchester. Few signed or attributed Samuel Bell jars of this size are known. Rim chips. Two chips to one handle. A few smaller chips to opposite handle. 4 1/2" crack on underside, continuing approximately 8 1/2" up one decorated side of jar, where it forms a Y.
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