Lot #: 66
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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 Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Date "22," possibly Xerxes Price, Sayreville, NJ, circa 1822, ovoid jar with flared collar and applied lug handles, decorated on one side with a faint brushed insignia of an "X," and on the reverse with the cobalt date "22" with stripe below. Glazed-over stone ping at base with glazed-over cross-shaped line extending through it, connecting to crazing throughout underside. This crazing is not visible on the interior. An additional 4 1/4" glazed-over cross-shaped surface line near one handle, which is not visible on interior. A few rim chips and short in-the-firing lines from rim. An in-the-firing 2" separation line on interior of rim, not visible on exterior.
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