Lot #: 329
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Glazed Redware Jar, attributed to the Vickers Family, Chester County, PA, early 19th century, semi-ovoid jar with elaborately-tooled banding and applied strap handles, decorated with sponged manganese and covered in a heavy lead glaze. Incised on underside "1292", an inscription of unknown meaning. The form of this jar is distinctive to the Vickers Family of potters, active in Chester County, PA from the 1790s to 1860s. A jar of similar form, bearing the incised date, "1806", resides in the Winterthur Museum collection. Some surface wear to glaze at midsection. A minor glaze flake to one handle. Some very minor rim wear. H 7 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Rare Alamance County, NC Redware Pitcher, late 18th or early 19th century
Important 1810 Bucks County, PA Redware Jar w/ Profuse Slip Floral Decoration
J. EBERLY & CO. / STRASBURG, VA Redware Pitcher & Washbowl Set
Fine Philadelphia Slip-Decorated Redware Plate, late 18th / early 19th century
Exceedingly Rare and Important Solomon Grimm, Rockland Township, Berks County, PA Redware Jar, 1820
Extremely Rare Redware Jar attrib. Christian Klinker, Bucks County, PA, 1773-1798
Exceptional Slip-Decorated Philadelphia Redware Loaf Dish, 18th century
Very Rare Redware Bowl attrib. Solomon Loy, Alamance County, NC, c1825-40
