Lot #: 158
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Four-Gallon Open-Handled Stoneware Jar with Incised Foliate Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, circa 1800, ovoid jar with footed base, heavily-tooled shoulder, and applied open handles, decorated on the front and reverse with an incised and cobalt-highlighted design of leaves emanating from a curved stem. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. In-the-firing iron pings to surface. Small chips to exterior of rim on one side. Wear to interior of rim. Some very faint lines to one side of jar below handle.
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