Lot #: 169
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Unusual Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Dated 1831, Old Bridge, NJ origin, possibly Bissett Family, 1831, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and ribbed lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of leaves in the Old Bridge style, below the large brushed date "1831". Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Very long, sealed curving crack from rim, starting to right of decoration, extending through right leaf, then under decoration, and onto shoulder on reverse. A small rim chip and a few minor rim nicks. A minor glazed-over rim chip on interior of rim.
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