Lot #: 299
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 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.
One-Gallon Iron-Decorated Stoneware Jug, Stamped "G / CHARLESTOWN," attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, MA, early 19th century, highly-ovoid jug with heavy tooling to spout, shoulder, and base, decorated with dipped iron slip on the upper and lower body. Impressed with unusual "G" stamp, presumably denoting one gallon, below spout. As-made condition with an in-the-firing flake (contact mark) to top of spout and a shallow, 1" glazed-over base flake. H 11 1/2".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional Small-Sized BOSTON / 1804 Squat Stoneware Jar by Frederick Carpenter
Important BOSTON Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Indian Motif, 18th century
Fine and Scarce BOSTON / 1804 Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt and Iron-Oxide Decoration
BOSTON Stoneware Fish Jug, made by Jonathan Fenton
EDMANDS & CO, Charlestown, MA Stoneware Deer Crock
Very Rare EDMANDS & CO (Boston / Charlestown, MA) Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Bathing Beauty
Fine BOSTON Stoneware Jar w/ Impressed Floral Decoration, Jonathan Fenton, late 18th century
