Lot #: 178
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Scarce Three-Gallon Cobalt-and-Iron-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Impressed Fish Motif, Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, MA, early 19th century, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, open loop handles, and tall collar with semi-squared rim, decorated with an impressed and cobalt-highlighted design of a fish. Iron-oxide coating to interior with additional traces of iron-oxide to rim and tops of handles. Lighter dipped iron-oxide decoration to base. Rim chips. A 2 1/4" x approx. 3/4" surface flake near base on front. Minor scattered exfoliation above. Some typical in-the-firing flaws to surface, including a 3/4" in-the-firing surface flake to midsection below left handle. Two base chips. Light exfoliation to underside. H 13".
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