Lot #: 8
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 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.
Two-Gallon Coggle-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "PAUL : CUSHMANS," Albany, NY origin, circa 1810, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and coggled geometric decoration around collar, featuring the large coggled signature, "PAUL : CUSHMANS." Interestingly, as the first line of the signature is incomplete, terminating into the handle, the jar's potter has added the final letters below. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty year private collection. Firing crack to interior of rim, not visible on exterior. Heavy chipping to base. A firing crack to surface on underside, not visible on interior. A 7/8" flake to rim on reverse. Two minor rim chips.
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