Lot #: 176
Price Realized: $413.00
($350 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to R.J. Grier, Chester County, PA, circa 1865, ovoid pitcher with footed base and tooled collar, decorated on the body with two tulips extending up the front along with leaves on each side. Collar decorated with two cobalt leaves on each side, flanking a stripe-decorated spout. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. An earlier example of Grier's work. Provenance: David Musser Collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a small in-the-firing chip to surface on left side of pitcher's front.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Extremely Rare R.J. GRIER (Chester County, PA) Stoneware Canning Jar
Outstanding Redware Tea Canister, probably Southeastern PA, late 18th / early 19th century
Exceptional Large-Sized Pennsylvania Redware Standing Lion Figure, 19th century
Small Pennsylvania Stoneware Bank
Extremely Rare Signed R. J. GRIER (Chester County, PA) Stoneware Crock
Extremely Rare Double-Crimped Redware Flowerpot with Profuse Cobalt and Manganese Decoration
Important Pint-Sized Stoneware Jar att. R.J. Grier, Chester County, PA, with Self-Portrait
