Lot #: 162
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "J. MILLER / ALEX," James Miller, Alexandria, VA, circa 1824-1826, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and arched tab handles, decorated on the front with a slip-trailed looping border surrounding the maker's mark and flowers emanating from the handle terminals. Reverse decorated with a scalloped vine bearing leaves and three flowers, a motif related to the work of the Baltimore firm, Morgan and Amoss. Only a small number of marked stoneware pieces from James Miller's tenure in Alexandria have survived, this jar being among the more elaborately decorated examples. Various stained lines and crazing throughout much of jar. Chips to proper left handle. Heavy in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge of jar. Bubbling to cobalt. H 9".
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