Lot #: 452
Price Realized: $180.00
($150 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.
One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, probably James River, VA, circa 1835, ovoid jar with semi-squared rim and ribbed lug handles, brush-decorated with a stylized designs of paired leaves on the front and reverse. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Surface wear. A few small rim chips. A 3" cross-shaped line below one handle. A 4" Y-shaped line to one decorated side. Small base chips. H 9 1/2".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Extremely Rare James River, Virginia, Stoneware Pitcher, circa 1820-30
Exceptional Virginia Stoneware Incised Bird Pitcher, probably John Schermerhorn, Richmond, c1815
Stoneware Water Cooler, attrib. J.P. Schermerhorn, Richmond, VA
Important "Look this Way for Henry Clay" Baltimore Redware Jug w/ Incised Bird
Very Rare attrib. Lowndes, Petersburg, VA Stoneware Pitcher
Extremely Rare and Important B. Duval & Co. / Richmond, VA Stoneware Jar
Extremely Rare Hand-Signed Keesee & Parr / Richmond, VA Stoneware Crock
Outstanding probably James River Basin, Virginia Stoneware Handled Flask Inscribed "C. Chain / 1851"
