Lot #: 339
Price Realized: $177.00
($150 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 Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Stamped Twice "ELIZTOWN / POTERY(sic)", Keen Pruden, Elizabethtown, NJ, circa 1832, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a stylized foliate motif. Impressed on both sides with the rare, early Elizabethtown, NJ maker's mark, which reads, "ELIZTOWN / POTERY", with the second T in "POTTERY" omitted. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. A 4 3/4" area of in-the-firing salt residue to one side. An approximately 7" X-shaped hairline to one side. A 1 1/4" chip and small chip to interior of rim. A crack to end of one handle. A hairline to end of opposite handle. A few very minor base chips.
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