Lot #: 64
Price Realized: $2,415.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Very Rare Small-Sized Stoneware Oyster Jar, Stamped "DANIEL / JOHNSON AND Co No 27 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK", attributed to Thomas Commeraw, Corlears Hook, Manhattan, NY, circa 1805, cylindrical jar with recessed rim molding, featuring the impressed advertising, "DANIEL / JOHNSON AND Co No 27 / LUMBER STREET / N. YORK". Jars of this type have strong historical significance, as they are some of the earliest examples of American stoneware advertising. Jars bearing the name "DANIEL JOHNSON & CO" were made for the prominent African-American oysterman, Daniel Johnson, by the African-American potter, Thomas Commeraw. Commeraw's oyster jars have been found as far south as South America, indicating their use on ships that traveled the Atlantic coast. This example is additionally significant in that it is the smallest Commmeraw oyster jar we are aware of. Heavy chipping to base, typical of this form. Otherwise excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 5 1/16".
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