Lot #: 175
Price Realized: $2,160.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decoration, Manhattan, NY or Cheesequake, NJ, 18th century, ovoid jar with footed base, heavily-tooled shoulder, and applied vertical handles, decorated with slip-trailed watch spring motifs on the front and reverse. Handle terminals decorated with brushed cobalt highlights, with additional watch spring motifs emanating from the lower terminal. Excellent form and appealing small size, measuring roughly three quarts. Crazing to base, rim, and shoulder areas. A thin crack through one handle. A few small, shallow base chips. H 9 1/4".
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