Lot #: 157
Price Realized: $2,160.00
($1,800 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.
Rare One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "KEESEE & PARR / RICHMOND, / VA.," circa 1860, ovoid pitcher with slightly-flared collar and tooled accents to upper body and rim, brush-decorated around the upper body with horizontal tulip motifs. Swag decoration flanking the spout. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed on front below collar with the partnership mark of potter, David Parr, Jr., and merchant, Thomas W. Keesee. Collar pierced with three original holes, formed prior to the firing, to allow the pitcher to be fitted with a tin lid. Provenance: Herb and Carol Hausmann Collection. Worn chips to rim and spout. Some surface wear, primarily to base of collar. Various small in-the-firing flaws to surface. H 12".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Early Richmond, VA Stoneware "Quinces" Jar, probably B. DuVal & Co.
Very Rare "Henry Lowndes / Maker / Petersburg, Va / 1841" Stoneware Jar
Extremely Rare Hand-Signed Keesee & Parr / Richmond, VA Stoneware Crock
Extremely Rare and Important B. Duval & Co. / Richmond, VA Stoneware Jar
Very Rare Stoneware Flowerpot attrib. David Parr Jr., Richmond, Virginia
Exceptional James River, VA Stoneware Milkpan w/ Fox and Chicken Scene, probably Schermerhorn
Stoneware Water Cooler, attrib. J.P. Schermerhorn, Richmond, VA
Important "Look this Way for Henry Clay" Baltimore Redware Jug w/ Incised Bird
