Lot #: 340
Price Realized: $900.00
($750 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Stamped "I V MACHETT," Cornwall, NY, circa 1859-1867, well-potted, ovoid jar with narrow base, tooled shoulder, flared collar, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a conjoined leaf motif. Brushed cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Literature: Illustrated in Ketchum, American Stoneware, p. 83. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a tiny in-the-making base nick. H 8 1/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Outstanding Stoneware Jar Inscribed "Lm / Dave / Decr. 17 1857" Edgefield District, SC
Early "Bill Remey" New York City Stoneware Jar w/ Outrageous Inscription
Exceptional HARRINGTON & BURGER / ROCHESTER Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Parrot Design
Exceptional J. SWANN / ALEXA (Alexandria, VA) Stoneware Incised Ship Jar
Extremely Important Jar by Enslaved Potter Harry, Pottersville, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1840
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jar w/ Extravagant Cobalt Deer Scene
Extremely Rare and Important PHOENIX FACTORY / ED : SC Stoneware Jar, Edgefield District, SC, c1840
