Lot #: 24
Price Realized: $3,120.00
($2,600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "C. CROLIUS / MANUFACTURER / MANHATTAN-WELLS / NEW-YORK," circa 1815, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and open loop handles, featuring wreath-like brushwork around the maker's mark and a stylized drape-and-tassel motif on the reverse. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Provenance: Previously descended in the Onderdonk Family of Rockland County, NY. Small, shallow chips and wear to exterior of rim. Two chips to interior of rim. Typical small in-the-firing surface flaws, including a glazed-over ping under one handle. H 9".
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