Lot #: 36
Price Realized: $1,955.00
($1,700 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 Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Impressed Floral Decoration, attributed to Xerxes Price, Sayreville, NJ, early 19th century, highly-ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, decorated on the front with a large impressed and cobalt-highlighted medallion featuring a four-petaled flower surrounded by a stylized rope border. Coggled column decoration to shoulder. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. The impressed decoration on this jug is exquisitely-crafted and unusually large as well as the first we have seen in the work of Xerxes Price. A particularly fine example. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. Very nice condition with some in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge and a small chip to bottom edge.
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