Lot #: 145
Price Realized: $977.50
($850 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Incised Foliate Decoration, Stamped "C. CROLIUS / MANUFACTURER / MANHATTAN-WELLS / NEW-YORK", early 19th century, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and open loop handles, decorated on the reverse with an incised and cobalt-highlighted foliate design featuring splayed, scallop-edge leaves. Front impressed with a large-sized, cobalt-highlighted maker's mark of Clarkson Crolius, Sr. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Large surface flakes around lower portion of jar. Three small, shallow chips to interior of rim. A small chip to exterior of rim. A 1" faint hairline to rim on front. A very faint Y-shaped hairline to base, continuning 1" onto underside. Flakes to underside and foot.
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