Lot of Three: F. J. CAIRE / Huntington, Long Island Stoneware Jars (two signed)

March 25, 2017 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 523

Price Realized: $265.50

($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Three Pieces of F.J. Caire, Huntington, Long Island, New York Stoneware, circa 1854-1863, a one-gallon cylindrical crock and one-gallon ovoid jar, both with brushed cobalt tulip decorations, marked "F.J. CAIRE, / Huntington, / L.I."; together with an unsigned F.J. Caire jar with cobalt tulip decoration. Provenance: Donald Matties Collection. One-gallon cylindrical crock with some staining, a 3/4" surface line at base, not visible on interior, and a small rim chip on reverse. One-gallon ovoid jar with a restored 3 3/8" crack from rim on front and some small, unrestored flakes to surface. Two-gallon jar with a restored crack from rim on front and reverse, and an unrestored Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing onto reverse base in two places.