Lot #: 239
Price Realized: $960.00
($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare and Fine Yellowware Tea Set, American Pottery Company, Jersey City, NJ, circa 1840, a lidded teapot, lidded sugar bowl, and creamer, all with matching relief floral motif. Teapot unmarked. Sugar bowl marked "AMERICAN / POTTERY CO / JERSEY CITY N.J.." Creamer marked with a different Jersey City mark. As most pieces of American Pottery Company's work are sold individually, the offering of this lot as a matching set is a rare opportunity. A related teapot currently resides at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Teapot with two small spout chips, some edge wear, and a minor chip to inner rim for lid, its lid with a few minor chips and some wear. Sugar bowl with a small base chip and a minor chip to flange on underside of lid. Creamer with a small chip and minor nicks to interior of rim, a few small base chips, and a miniscule nick to interior of spout, lacking lid. All include some staining. H (of teapot) 5 1/4".
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