Lot #: 5
Price Realized: $1,121.00
($950 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Fine Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Kaolin Slip Decoration, attributed to Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850, cylindrical jar with tapered shoulder and thin, semi-squared rim, decorated with a draped, looping line design in slip-trailed kaolin, set against a gray-green, alkaline-glazed ground. Exceptional condition and appealing, runny glaze. Provenance: Recently-surfaced in Maryland. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing surface fissures to underside. H 10 3/4".
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