Lot #: 170
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Incised and Brushed Floral Decorations, Bissett Pottery, Old Bridge, NJ origin, circa 1820, ovoid jar with footed based, heavily-tooled shoulder, and ribbed lug handles, decorated on the front with an incised and cobalt-highlighted floral motif with clustered blossom and heavily-veined leaves, as well as on the reverse with a brushed flower blossom, in the style now attributable to members of the Bissett family based on the recent research of Don Carpentier. Provenance: Found decades ago in the northeastern U.S. 2" restored rim chip. A few other smaller, shallow rim chips. Circular in-the-firing contact marks to surface. Chipping to foot.
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