Lot #: 520
Price Realized: $88.50
($75 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.
Small-Sized Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decoration, probably Manhattan, NY, early 19th century, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and open loop handles, decorated with a brushed drape design on the front and reverse. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a fifty-year private collection. Heavy chipping to base. Numerous tiny rim chips. An approximately 5" crack from rim. Some wear to shoulder molding. In-the-firing mottling to clay. To short, horizontal in-the-firing lines at base, which are glazed over. H 8 1/8".
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