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Fine Small-Sized Lidded Stoneware Presentation Jar with Incised Foliate Decoration, Inscribed "ANN . BURR," attributed to Nicholas Van Wickle, Monmouth County, NJ, circa 1830, ovoid jar with tooled banding to shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring the incised and cobalt-highlighted name, "ANN . BURR," including incised details to the lettering, the period between the first and last name formed from an impressed circle with cross. Decorated below with a finely-incised and cobalt-highlighted symmetrical foliate motif. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Includes original, delicately-potted lid with slight dome and incised banding. Ann Burr (1802-1875) was the wife of Richard S. Burr, a local hotel keeper (see Kirkbride's [1850] New Jersey Business Directory) who appears in the 1830 census as a fellow resident of Nicholas Van Wickle in Howell Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. M. Lelyn Branin's The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey refers to this pottery location as Manasquan, and it is with that town name that this well-known Van Wickle shop is commonly identified. As Branin describes it on pg. 146 of his book, the pottery was situated "on the south bank of the Manasquan River, near Manasquan, ... in Howell Township, Monmouth County." A significant recent discovery in early New Jersey stoneware. Provenance: Recently surfaced in the Southeastern U.S. Jar in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a small flake and short surface line to underside, not visible on interior. Lid with a chip to finial, the flange on its underside with a chip and wear. The different color of the lid is a result of its firing in a different part of the kiln. H (including lid) 9".
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