Lot #: 268
Price Realized: $649.00
($550 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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 One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Impressed Decoration, Stamped "COMMERAWS / STONEWARE", Thomas Commeraw, Corlears Hook, Manhattan, NY, early 19th century, cylindrical jar with heavily-tooled foot, tooled shoulder, and semi-squared rim, decorated with two impressed and cobalt-highlighted "clamshell" motifs flanking the cobalt-highlighted maker's mark, "COMMERAW,S / STONEWARE". The cylindrical shape of this jar is significantly rarer than Commeraw's ovoid jar forms. An 8 1/2" vertical hairline to front. Heavy chipping to base. A few minor rim chips. A 1" in-the-firing iron ping to shoulder.
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