Rare 3 Gal. Abraham Mead, Greenwich, CT Stoneware Jar w/ Spotted Decoration, c1790

November 3, 2018 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 422

Price Realized: $236.00

($200 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Rare Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, attributed to Abraham Mead, Greenwich, CT, circa 1790, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and open loop handles, decorated with a graduated group of cobalt spots on both sides. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades. Mead attribution corroborated by Killingworth, CT dealer, Lewis Scranton, who acquired related examples directly from the Mead family. A crack across underside, extending several inches up body of jar on front and reverse, forming a Y on one side. A tight horizontal crack to one side. Heavy chipping to base. In-the-firing iron pings to one side.