Lot #: 15
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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 Open-Handled Stoneware Jar with Impressed and Cobalt-Highlighted Drape Decoration and Iron-Dipped Base, Stamped "BOSTON / 1804," Frederick Carpenter, 1804, finely-potted, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and open loop handles, decorated on the front with impressed and cobalt-highlighted inscription "BOSTON. / 1804.", above a Federal drape-and-tassel design. Reverse additionally impressed with a cobalt-highlighted drape-and-tassel motif below a three-gallon capacity mark. Additional three-gallon capacity mark stamped on top of rim. Dipped iron oxide decoration at base. A stately example of early Massachusetts stoneware. A 1 1/4" chip on underside, continuing onto foot. Scattered flake off underside. Reverse with long spider crack, including a thin sliver of clay out of surface. A thin 2 1/4" crack from rim on reverse. Rim chips. Two faint, short lines at base, possibly in-the-firing. Some staining. A few in-the-firing flaws to surface, typical of stoneware from this time period. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, found in the Northeastern U.S.
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