Lot #: 36
Price Realized: $1,955.00
($1,700 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.
Very Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Impressed Floral Decoration, attributed to Xerxes Price, Sayreville, NJ, early 19th century, highly-ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, decorated on the front with a large impressed and cobalt-highlighted medallion featuring a four-petaled flower surrounded by a stylized rope border. Coggled column decoration to shoulder. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. The impressed decoration on this jug is exquisitely-crafted and unusually large as well as the first we have seen in the work of Xerxes Price. A particularly fine example. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. Very nice condition with some in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge and a small chip to bottom edge.
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