Lot #: 10
Price Realized: $718.75
($625 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 and Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Foliate Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, probably Crolius Family, late 18th century, ovoid jug with wide, heavily-tooled spout, decorated with a highly-stylized, incised foliate motif consisting of overlapping leaves. Incised veining to interior of leaves. Decoration is delicately filled with cobalt slip. Handle terminals highlighted in a rare greenish slip. This jug is one of a growing body of work we have encountered, produced in Manhattan during the late 18th century. Attributes of this group include jugs with wider spout constructions, fine, light-gray clay, the use of two-colored slip, and highly artistic incised designs with embellished interiors. This jug is the first bearing this distinctive and imaginative foliate motif that we have seen. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased decades ago by the consignor. Numerous surface lines and thin cracks to surface, most or all of which appear to be in-the-firing. Base chips, including a 1 1/2" chip to underside at edge of jug, which is partially glazed over. A contact mark and iron ping to reverse, as well as two small in-the-firing chips to shoulder on front, all typical of pieces of this age and origin. H 14 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare Henry Remmey, Baltimore, MD Stoneware Incised Bird Pitcher, c1825
Exceedingly Important "Morgan Maker" (William Morgan, Baltimore, 1822-27) Stoneware Water Cooler
Exceedingly Rare Richard Remmey, Philadelphia, Stoneware Puzzle Mug
Highly Important and Monumental Remmey Family Masterwork, Philadelphia, 1828
