Lot #: 548
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 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.
Two-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Incised Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, early 19th century, ovoid jar with squared rim and open loop handles, decorated on the front and reverse with an incised design of a stylized fruit with leaves and a bud emanating from. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Freehand cobalt "2 1/2" under one handle. This design relates to motifs found on pieces produced by Manhattan-trained potter, John Morgan, while working years later in Staunton, Virginia. A large rim chip and a few minor rim chips. Base chips. Exfoliation and in-the-firing pings to surface. Traces of old blue and gold paint residue to surface. H 13".
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