Lot #: 71
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Floral Decoration, attributed to Clarkson Crolius, Sr., Manhattan, NY, circa 1800, ovoid jug with footed base and heavily-tooled spout, decorated with an incised design of a flower featuring a coggle-decorated blossom. Interior of design purple and bluish slip, a combination of manganese dioxide and cobalt oxide. Additional purplish slip highlights to handle terminals. An old hole on right side of shoulder that was filled with cork(?) long ago, now revealing a small hole at the center of the filled area. Crazing to reverse base. A smooth 2 1/2" in-the-firing contact mark on reverse. Additional in-the-firing flaws to surface.
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