Lot #: 230
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 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.
Exceptional Stoneware Cream Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "CLARK & CO. / ROCHESTER," circa 1838-1846, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, stepped rim, and lug handles, decorated with a large flowering plant bearing two multi-petaled flowers and a hanging flower bud or piece of fruit. Decoration includes wonderful, heavily-striped details to flowers and bud, including overlying dashed accents. This treatment is the first we have seen on a piece of Rochester stoneware. Slip-trailed "5" above. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Excellent size, color, and maker. The outstanding decoration on this jar ranks among the finest Rochester floral designs we have ever offered. A 1" filled and colored spot to midsection on front. Two minor in-the-firing chips to underside at edge. H 13 1/8".
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