Lot #: 320
Price Realized: $2,040.00
($1,700 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.
Rare Miniature Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt Spot Decoration, Albany or Troy, NY, early 19th century, ovoid jar with footed base, tall collar, and arched lug handles, decorated throughout with brushed cobalt spots. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Brown slip on interior. Exceptional size and early age with folky cobalt application. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a shallow in-the-firing ping to interior of rim, a minuscule nick to interior of rim, and two minor in-the-firing iron pings to exterior. H 4 1/8".
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