Lot #: 159
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Inscribed "Baltimore," Baltimore, MD origin, possibly David Parr, Jr., circa 1840, ovoid jar with squared rim and arched tab handles, brush-decorated on the front and reverse with a swag-and-hanging-flower decoration above a wavy freehand stripe. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Incised in script under one handle, "Baltimore," below the number "7" or "1." This work serves an important "rosetta stone" piece for attributing unmarked stoneware potted and decorated in this style. Outside of the work of William Morgan or his partnership with Thomas Amoss, the jar is one of only a small number of Baltimore stoneware pieces bearing the hand-incised name of the city in which it was made. Literature: Illustrated in Kille, "Distinguishing Marks and Flowering Designs: Baltimore's Utilitarian Stoneware Industry," Ceramics in America 2005, p. 97, fig. 6. Base reglued including a thin crack extending to shoulder and chipping to underside along break. A thin 1" chip to one handle. Small rim chips. H 10".
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