Outstanding Palatine, WV Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Decoration

Summer 2020 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 203

Price Realized: $450.00

($375 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Outstanding Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Decoration, attributed to Boyers & Harden, Palatine, WV origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a dramatic freehand design of an undulating vine bearing large Germanic tulips and swags, interspersed with eight stenciled four-gallon capacity marks. Freehand stripe below rim. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Among the most imaginatively-decorated examples of Palatine stoneware that we have seen. Significant restoration to base and underside, including a horizontal crack that is still visible at the base on front. As restoration material is visible crudely-covering the interior bottom and more-smoothly covering the exterior underside of the jar, it remains unclear what the extent of the restoration is. It is possible the entire bottom is missing. A thin, top-to-bottom sealed crack from rim on reverse. A short hairline from rim on reverse. A long thin crack extending from shoulder to base on front. A small piece of adhered clay to shoulder on front. Rim was significantly misshapen during the firing. A chip to left side of rim. A smooth piece of adhered clay to left handle. Some mottling to clay.