Lot #: 289
Price Realized: $1,770.00
($1,500 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.
Very Rare Half-Gallon Iron-Decorated Stoneware Jug with Impressed Design, Stamped "S. AMBOY. N. JERSY", Thomas Warne and Joshua Letts, South Amboy, NJ, early 19th century, small-sized, highly-ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, the front decorated with an impressed, scallop-edged drape motif, highlighted in reddish-brown iron slip. Impressed above with the large maker's mark, "S. AMBOY N. JERSY", brushed over in iron slip. Additional brushed iron slip highlights to handle terminals. Exceptional size. The smallest Warne & Letts jug we have ever offered. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with two in-the-firing contact marks to spout and a minuscule base nick. Some old traces of gray paint to surface are unrelated to any sort of restoration. H 9 1/4".
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