Lot #: 3
Price Realized: $2,530.00
($2,200 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 and Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Impressed Fish Decoration, attributed to Jonathan Fenton, Boston, MA, circa 1795, finely-potted, ovoid jar with footed base, applied loop handles, and heavy tooling to shoulder and rim, decorated on each side with an impressed and cobalt-highlighted design of a heavily-scale fish. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Wonderful, early form and excellent detail to impressed fish on both sides. Provenance: Consigned as part of a collection assembled during the 1980s. A remarkable survivor with an age of over 215 years, this jar remains in outstanding condition, with a hairline through one end of the right handle and heavy, in-the-firing salt residue at base.
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