Lot #: 38
Price Realized: $2,070.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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 Small-Sized Stoneware Jar with Vertical Handles and Cobalt Watchspring Decoration, attributed to Captain James Morgan, Cheesequake, NJ, fourth quarter 18th century, finely-potted ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, footed base, and applied vertical handles. Front and reverse decorated with a brushed cobalt watchspring design accented with tassel-like brushwork at the center of the springs. Heavy circular cobalt highlights to both handle terminals and deep circular impressions at lower terminals. Excellent color and size, measuring approximately one-half gallon. Eighteenth-century vertical-handled pots are difficult-to-find with both handles intact. 3" hairline from rim to right of one handle. A very faint 2" hairline from rim. Two rim chips and a miniscule rim nick. A 1 1/4" in-the-firing line on surface of one handle, which does not extend through to underside of handle. H 7 1/4".
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