Lot #: 237
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 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.
Very Rare Six-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Shorebird Decoration, Stamped "J. BURGER, JR. / ROCHESTER, NY," circa 1885, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a folky slip-trailed design of a long-billed shorebird with turned head and heavy feather detail, standing between two patches of reeds. Slip-trailed "6" above. Brushed cobalt highlight to maker's mark. Desirable size and maker. A highly unusual variety of bird in American stoneware decoration. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently found in a forty-year Pennsylvania antiques collection. Three chips on exterior of rim, the largest measuring approximately 1". Two minor chips on interior of rim. H 14 3/8".
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