Lot #: 242
Price Realized: $546.25
($475 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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 Diminutive Glazed Redware Jar, Stamped "FR. LEITZINGER / CLEARFIELD, PA," circa 1851-1879, small-sized, bowl-shaped jar with mottled red and brown lead-and-manganese glaze, impressed at the base with the rare maker's mark of Swiss immigrant potter, Frederick Leitzinger, active in the town of Clearfield in Clearfield County, PA, circa 1851-1879. Few signed stoneware or redware products by this potter are known. Excellent size. Band of wear around midsection. Wear and roughness to rim. A hairline crack. H 3" ; Diameter 5 3/8".
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