Lot #: 595
Price Realized: $2,760.00
($2,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. 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 and Rare One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Elaborate Cobalt Clover Decoration, attributed to Joseph B. Remmey or J.B. Magee, Northeast, MD origin, circa 1880, ovoid pitcher with footed base and semi-rounded rim, brush-decorated with two clover plants featuring fern-like foliage and distinctive application of the blossoms. Graduated swag decoration to collar. Stripe decoration to spout. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Literature: For a jar bearing a related clover motif excavated between the Remmey and Magee sites in Northeast, see Koterski, Potters and Firebrick Makers of Cecil County, Maryland, and Nearby 1750-1950, p. 47. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 11 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare Redware Jar with Copper-Oxide Decoration att. Christopher Alexander Haun, Greene Co., TN
Rare Jesse Vestal / 1881 Quart-Sized Stoneware Jug, Washington County, Virginia
Extremely Rare Blacksburg, Virginia, Stoneware Crock Signed BODELL
Rare "1852" T. R. WADDELL, Virginia Stoneware Crock
Rare att. T. R. Waddell, Aleghany County, Virginia "1851" Stoneware Jar
Very Rare T R WADDELL / VA (Allleghany County, VA) Decorated Stoneware Jar
