Lot #: 45
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "C. CROLIUS / NEW-YORK," circa 1830, semi-ovoid jar with rounded shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with cobalt brushwork around the impressed mark of Clarkson Crolius, Jr. Reverse with semi-circular cobalt brushwork. Handles with cobalt stripes. Unusual form in Crolius stoneware. Excellent color. Provenance: Sanford Smith, New York, New York. 2 1/4" x 1 5/8" base flake on reverse. Other very minor chipping to base. Crock does not sit flat. 1 1/4" faint line above one handle, which does not extend through to interior. 4 3/4" Y-shaped hairline under one handle, which does not extend through to interior. 4" hairline from rim on reverse, which does not extend through to interior. H 14".
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