Lot #: 454
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Tree-of-Life Decoration, James River Valley of Virginia origin, circa 1830-1850, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, pronounced squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with an elaborate tree-of-life design bearing five large blossoms. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. The design on this jar, based on the iconic tree-of-life motif from Henry Lowndes' Petersburg, VA pottery, is indicative of the frequent transfer of ideas within the James River potting community. The diagonal orientation of this Lowndes variant is unusual. Large professional restoration to surface on one side, presumably to cracks, below and to the right of the decoration, extending onto underside. Some additional lines to underside. Professionally-restored handle. Other handle with some faint lines and a minor chip.
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