Lot #: 167
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 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 Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Incised Foliate Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, circa 1790, ovoid jar with footed base, heavily-tooled shoulder, and applied vertical handles, decorated on the front and reverse with an incised and manganese-highlighted design of two conjoined stems formed from a three-pronged stylus bearing numerous oval leaves. Manganese highlights to handle terminals. Desirable form and unusual decoration in both style and slip treatment. Provenance: Warren F. Hartmann Collection. One handle broken into three pieces and reglued, including two chips along breaks. Heavy chipping around base. A small, circular in-the-firing contact mark to one side. H 9 7/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
H. MYERS (Baltimore Stoneware) Water Cooler, Made by Henry Remmey, Sr.
Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Bank w/ Incised Bird
Outstanding Remmey (Philadelphia) Stoneware Presentation Bank w/ Incised Bird
Very Rare Henry Remmey, Baltimore, MD Stoneware Incised Bird Pitcher, c1825
