Lot #: 79
Price Realized: $1,495.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. 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.
Rare Monumental Double-Handled Stoneware Jug with Coggled Bird Decoration, Old Bridge, NJ origin, early 19th century, approximately six-gallon, highly-ovoid jug with tooled spout and ribbed handles, the shoulder decorated with a coggled and cobalt-highlighted design of a bird holding a leaf in its beak. Examples of this size and form are exceptionally rare. A wonderful, sculptural example of early New Jersey stoneware. 7/8" spout chip. Large glazed-over, cross-shaped extending from base. Some in-the-firing, dark-red contact marks to jug, fairly typical of this pottery's work, including two large marks of this type at base. H 18 1/2".
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