Lot #: 16
Price Realized: $1,920.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. 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.
Scarce Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Decker Pottery, Washington County, TN, circa 1872-1910, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and ribbed lug handles, brush-decorated on the front and reverse with a tall, heavily-leafed plant culminating in a three-petaled blossom. Swag decoration below each handle. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed "3" on top of rim. A loss to one handle. Minor chipping and light wear to opposing handle. Wear to rim and a few minor chips to facade of rim. Some light surface wear to body of jar. H 13 1/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional Cain Pottery, Sullivan County, Tennessee Redware Jar Inscribed "C"
Outstanding Tennessee Redware Jar w/ Elaborate Manganese Cornstalk Decoration
Fine Glazed Redware Jar, North Carolina or Eastern Tennessee, c1790-1860
Rare "John / D Elrod" Middle Tennessee Salt-Glazed Stoneware Honey Jar
Extremely Rare WEAVER & BRO / Knoxville / Tenn Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar, c1872-1882
Rare Eastern Tennessee Redware Open-Handled Jar, probably Grainger County
Extremely Rare WEAVER & BRO (Knoxville, Tenn.) Stoneware Jug, c1872-82
