Lot #: 5
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Scarce Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Iron-Oxide Decoration, Stamped "BOSTON / 1804", Frederick Carpenter, Boston, MA, circa 1804, finely-potted, ovoid jar with footed base, open loop handles, and tooled banding to the shoulder and rim, the surface with dipped, reddish-brown iron-oxide decoration to upper and lower sections of the jar. Impressed at the shoulder with the desirable Frederick Carpenter maker's mark featuring the date "1804", below a two-gallon capacity mark at rim. An 8" crack and 5" crack from rim on reverse. A faint 2 1/4" hairline at base. One base chip, possibly glazed over. Minor nicks to underside at bottom edge. Surface flakes to underside. Several in-the-firing iron pings to surface. Two small, very shallow surface flakes to shoulder on side of jar. Several rim chips.
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