Lot #: 292
Price Realized: $590.00
($500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, circa 1750-1790, ovoid jar with footed base, heavily-tooled shoulder, and flared rim, decorated around the shoulder with three slip-trailed flowers featuring scalloped blossoms and long, leafy stems. This decoration is unusually fine for the period, as most decorators relied on more-abstract watch spring motifs, and is the first we have seen of this style. Provenance: Property of a New York State collector. Two long, in-the-firing separation lines to rim area, which are glazed over and not visible on the interior. A short, glazed-over separation in rim. A tight spider line on underside. A 1 1/4" in-the-firing contact mark / chip near base. A 1 1/4" flake to top of rim, possibly in-the-firing, adjacent to a chip on side of rim. H 9 3/4".
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