Lot #: 108
Price Realized: $2,160.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Two-Gallon Iron-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "BOSTON. / 1804.," Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, MA, circa 1804, ovoid jar with footed base, open loop handles, and heavy tooling to shoulder and collar, decorated with dipped iron slip to the upper and lower body. Shoulder impressed with desirable "BOSTON. / 1804." stamp below a two-gallon capacity mark. Rim chips. A 7 1/2" sealed crack from rim on reverse. A 4 1/2" sealed Y-shaped crack from rim on reverse. Roughness to inner rim for lid. Various in-the-firing iron pings to surface. A smooth in-the-firing contact mark near midsection. A few small surface flakes to proper right side of jar. A 1 1/2" line at base on reverse. A base chip and minor in-the-firing iron ping to base. Exfoliation to underside. H 12 1/2".
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