Lot #: 32
Price Realized: $977.50
($850 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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 Salt-Glazed Stoneware Spittoon, Stamped "AMERICAN POTTERY CO. / JERSEY CITY, N.J.," circa 1840, molded octagonal spittoon with alternating relief flora designs. Impressed on underside with barely-visible, circular maker's mark of the American Pottery Company of Jersey City, New Jersey. Lines to top edge, with one extending down to shoulder of spittoon. Large chipped section to central hole and three lines emanating from central hole. A tiny chip to top near edge. H 4 3/4" ; W 8 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
LIBERTY FOREV / WARNE & LETTs 1807 / S. AMBOY. N. JERSY Stoneware Jar
Rare Half-Gallon S. AMBOY. N. JERSY (Thomas Warne and Joshua Letts) Stoneware Jug
G. W. FULPER / FLEMINGTON, NJ Stoneware Jug with Bird on Stump Decoration
Rare One-Pint MADE BY J. LETTS / SOUTH AMBOY Stoneware Jug w/ Coggled Design
Very Rare "John Kunsman / 1885" (Flemington, NJ) Redware Match Safe w/ Raccoon Scene
Outstanding LIBERTY FOREV / WARNE & LETTs 1807 / S. AMBOY. N. JERSY Jar
