Lot #: 278
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 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.
Outstanding One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, ovoid jar with squared rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a boldly-brushed clover plant design, featuring two blossoms extending from a leafy stem, surrounded at the base by scrolled swags. Graduated cobalt dashes under each handle and heavy cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A well-decorated example with excellent color. This jar is the first we have seen bearing this particular decoration. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which descended in a Baltimore family to the consignor. Excellent condition with one small rim chip, minor nicks to base, and a small shallow base chip, which is glazed-over and occurred in-the-firing.
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