Lot 1024

JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-gallon capacity, ovoid form with collared rounded rim and slightly arched tab-like handles. Unusual boldly brushed cobalt scrolling floral decoration on each side, additional cobalt across handles. Probably Samuel Wilson and/or associates, Richmond or Henrico, Virginia. 1817-1850. 11 1/4" H, 6 1/2" D rim.
Literature: For the latest research on Samuel Wilson see Hunter (ed) - Ceramics in America 2013, p. 238-243, fig. 62, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley" by Kurt C. Russ, Robert Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman. Parallels ibid., p. 240, fig. 61.

Condition

Several chips to handles, one being moderate, small Y-shape hairline to body, no other damage.

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The important collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr., Richmond, VA.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/17/2017, lot 1057.