Very Rare "Hurra for Jackson / 1833" Stoneware Jar, CLARK & FOX / ATHENS, NY

Spring 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 76

Price Realized: $960.00

($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Four-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Political Jar, Inscribed "Hurra for Jackson / Jany. 1833," Stamped "CLARK & FOX / ATHENS," NY State origin, 1833, highly-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared collar, and ribbed lug handle, decorated with the brushed cobalt inscription, "Hurra for Jackson / Jany. 1833." This work, made at the pottery of partners, Nathan Clark, Sr. and Ethan S. Fox, celebrates Andrew Jackson's victory against Henry Clay in the Presidential Election of 1832. Jackson would be inaugurated weeks after this jar was made, on March 4, 1833. The "Hurra for Jackson" was both a slogan and a literal cry yelled by strident Jackson supporters of the time. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. This work combines an appealing political slogan with attractive potting and desirable maker. Relatively few examples of American presidential stoneware are known. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased decades ago by the consignor. Missing one handle. Rim chips. A 7 1/2" inverted Y-shaped line to front, including an in-the-firing iron ping to the right of it. Some fry to cobalt. A long diagonal spider crack extending from base on reverse to area below one handle. Some minor staining. Base with a shallow 1 1/2" flake and a small in-the-firing flake. H 13 1/2".