Lot #: 26
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 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 Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Double-Bird Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin, circa 1825, ovoid jug with tooled spout, decorated with an elaborate incised design of two birds feeding from a flowering vine with loosely-applied cobalt highlights throughout. Good incised detail to blossoms and birds' tails. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. The decoration has an interesting, naive quality about it, as the bird-and-floral motif continues around the right side of the jug to include a second larger bird, almost appearing as an afterthought. Restoration to reglued pieces on front, including some small chips visible along crack lines and an approximately 3" section of touch-up to surface along vine (visible as an area of lighter blue). A glazed-over base chip. Shallow chipping to spout, some of which is glazed over. H 13 3/4".
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