Lot #: 358
Price Realized: $450.00
($375 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "W.H. Lehew & CO. / STRASBURG, VA," circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front with a large, triple-stemmed flowering plant. Reverse decorated with graduated swags flanking two stylized flowers. Impressed with Lehew's earliest and rarest maker's mark below one handle. The style of the decoration on this jar indicates it was executed by James Shinnick, who was previously employed at the Wilkes Street Pottery in Alexandria, Virginia. A 1 5/8" rim chip and other smaller rim chips. An additional 1 5/8" chip to interior of rim. A shallow 7/8" base chip. An in-the-firing, U-shaped surface fissure to underside, not visible on interior. Scattered exfoliation to interior. H 12 1/4".
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