Lot #: 374
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decoration, probably Abraham Mead, Greenwich, CT, circa 1790, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, flared collar, and open loop handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a slip-trailed "watch spring" motif. Slip-trailed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty-year private collection. Excellent condition with a short, in-the-firing surface line at base, a minor base chip, and a small, in-the-firing surface chip below one handle.
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