Lot #: 439
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Iron-Oxide Decoration, attributed to John Swann, Alexandria, VA origin, circa 1810, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied tab handles, decorated with a dipped brown iron-oxide slip around the upper portion of the vessel, in the manner of imported English stoneware. Several base chips. Chips to both handles. A small chip and minor nick to top of rim. 3 1/2” long smooth contact mark to one side. Rim slightly out-of-round.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Water Cooler
Exceptional J. SWANN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Incised Ship Jar
J. MILLER / ALEX (James Miller, Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Jar
Important B. C. MILBURN / Alexandria Stoneware Butter Crock Inscribed "Washington C. Milburn"
Very Rare and Important Alexandria, VA Stoneware Jar att. African-American Potter, Thomas Valentine
Alexandria Stoneware Water Cooler
H.C. SMITH / ALEXA. / D.C. (Alexandria, Virginia) Stoneware Pitcher
