Lot #: 242
Price Realized: $546.25
($475 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.
Rare Diminutive Glazed Redware Jar, Stamped "FR. LEITZINGER / CLEARFIELD, PA," circa 1851-1879, small-sized, bowl-shaped jar with mottled red and brown lead-and-manganese glaze, impressed at the base with the rare maker's mark of Swiss immigrant potter, Frederick Leitzinger, active in the town of Clearfield in Clearfield County, PA, circa 1851-1879. Few signed stoneware or redware products by this potter are known. Excellent size. Band of wear around midsection. Wear and roughness to rim. A hairline crack. H 3" ; Diameter 5 3/8".
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