Lot #: 97
Price Realized: $210.00
($175 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.
Rare One-Gallon Brown-Slip-Decorated Stoneware Crock, Stamped "JOHN B. PEWTRESS / SOUTH AMBOY," NJ origin, circa 1830, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, tall squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of a curved-stem tulip in reddish-brown slip, likely composed of either iron oxide or manganese dioxide. The first piece of stoneware bearing this stamp that we have offered. An in-the-firing semi-circular surface crack to underside, not visible on interior. An in-the-firing spidering surface crack to interior, not visible on underside. Two small chips to exterior of rim, one of which occurred in the firing. A tiny chip to interior of rim. A 1 1/4" crack above one right handle. A small in-the-firing ping below one terminal of left handle.
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