Lot #: 376
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, attributed to Atherton & Trice, Albany, NY, circa 1820-1826, ovoid form with tooled shoulder and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a brushed foliate design in the Manhattan style, featuring unusual cross-hatching. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. This crosshatched variant of a Manhattan motif has been found on other marked examples of stoneware made at the pottery of grocer, Stephen Atherton, and potter, James Trice. Rim chips. Light exfoliation to shoulder. A semi-circular spider line on underside, continuing a short distance onto base. A glazed-over iron ping to base.
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