Lot #: 241
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Extremely Rare Two-Gallon Lidded Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Inscribed "44," Stamped "SS. WANDELL / WEST TROY / STONE WARE-FACTORY.," 1844, highly ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with floral motif above the number, "44." Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Includes salt-glazed lid, possibly original to the jar, inscribed "J." in cobalt on underside. The first example bearing this mark that we have offered. Literature: Discussed and illustrated in Broderick and Bouck, Pottery Works: Potteries of New York State's Capital District, pp. 142, 143. Provenance: William Bouck Collection. Small chips and wear around inner rim for lid. Small in-the-firing flaws to surface. A minor base chip. Lid with a few chips and a hairline. H (excluding lid) 11 3/4".
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