Exceptional Shinnston, WV Stoneware Jar w/ Profuse Cobalt Vertical Stripe Decoration

Summer 2020 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 201

Price Realized: $1,320.00

($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Exceptional Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt "Watermelon Stripe" Decoration, attributed to John L. Haught, Shinnston, WV, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, the front lavishly-decorated with twelve vertically-brushed, wavy stripes. Further decorated with an underscored, freehand "4," flanked by diagonal, graduated stripes, along with two long, horizontal stripes above. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Among the most heavily-decorated examples of West Virginia stoneware that we have seen, featuring rare, vertical striping popularly-known among collectors as "watermelon stripes." The overall style of the jar and its decoration leads to a firm attribution to Shinnston, WV. A large, approximately 7 3/4" x 2 1/2" salt glob to reverse/side of jar. Two salt drips to underside and a 1 3/4" salt drip to opposite side of jar. Rim is slightly out-of-round with a vertical, in-the-firing separation descending from rim on side of jar. This separation measures 4 3/4" on the interior and is much thinner and shorter on the exterior, measuring approximately 2 3/4" on the exterior.