Lot #: 266
Price Realized: $826.00
($700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Rare One-Gallon Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Combed Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, third quarter 18th century, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and ribbed vertical handles, the shoulder decorated with a wavy combed design on the front and reverse. Cobalt stripe decoration to shoulder. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Featuring an excellent, early period form and decoration, this jar was likely made within the first fifty years of stoneware production in Manhattan. Large Y-shaped line to midsection on one side, only a small part of which is visible on interior. Shallow base chips.
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