Ovoid 3 Gal. Ovoid Redware Jar with Incised Fish and Incised Bird Decoration

November 2, 2013 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 182

Price Realized: $431.25

($375 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Incised Fish and Bird Decorations, American, possibly Ohio or Northeastern U.S. origin, second quarter 19th century, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on one side with an incised design of a fish with open, heavily-toothed mouth and impressed eye. Reverse decorated with a large incised bird perched on a scalloped base with impressed circular eye. Manganese-glazed highlights to incised decorations with light lead concentration. Manganese highlights to handle terminals. Lead-and-manganese-glazed interior. An outstanding and highly unusual example of American redware, modeled after stoneware of the period. The incised designs are clearly modeled after Northeastern stoneware, primarily from New York State, while the form is more reminiscent of New Jersey stoneware. However, the jar's discovery in Ohio, and the fish motif's similarity to a fish design found on an Ohio jug sold by our firm in 2010, suggests it may have been made in that state. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a long-term Ohio collection. A chip and minor nick to bottom edge of one handle. Some exfoliation to surface. Some thin cracks to underside and a large flake to underside, revealing a pinhead-sized hole to interior. One line on underside continues 4" up base. Base chips. Exfoliation to interior base. H 12 3/8".