Lot #: 216
Price Realized: $1,920.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Fine One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA," Alexandria, VA origin, circa 1850, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front with a slip-trailed design of a tulip flanked by two horizontal tulips with unusual spotted centers. Wavy line decoration above. Reverse with four rows of straight and wavy slip-trailed line decoration above a series of conjoined chain links. Some wear and whitish residue at base of design on front. A 1 1/8" flake to underside at edge. Shallow chipping around base. A salt drip to reverse. A small chip to one handle and minor nick to opposite handle. H 10 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare and Important Alexandria, VA Stoneware Jar att. African-American Potter, Thomas Valentine
Outstanding B. C. MILBURN / ALEXA. Stoneware Water Cooler, Alexandria, VA origin
"Smith / Airville / Va" American Crock
Alexandria Stoneware Water Cooler
Important B. C. MILBURN, Alexandria, VA Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Slip-Trailed Design
Important B. C. MILBURN / Alexandria Stoneware Butter Crock Inscribed "Washington C. Milburn"
Exceptional J. SWANN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Incised Ship Jar
