Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

November 18, 2022: Premier Americana - Day Two

Fri, Nov 18, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 1199

PARR FAMILY ATTRIBUTED, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE LARGE JAR

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for
$267.75
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
PARR FAMILY ATTRIBUTED, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE LARGE JAR, salt-glazed, "6" gallon capacity mark, semi-ovoid form with beaded collar below the squared rim, and applied medial-groove arched handles. Brushed cobalt upright leafy tulip decoration to each side, additional cobalt at handle terminals. David Parr Jr. (1819-1882), working as Keesee & Parr (active 1857-1862), or as D. Parr & Sons Co./the Richmond Pottery Co. (active 1862-1887), Richmond, VA. 1857-1887. 18 1/4" H, 10" D rim.
Literature: Capacity mark as Rice, James River Stoneware & the S. S. Perry Connection, p. 300, second row, right. For the latest research on Parr in Richmond see Hunter (ed.), Ceramics in America 2013, pp. 210-213 - "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley", by Kurt Russ, Rob Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman.
Provenance: From a Virginia private collection.

Condition

Several areas of moderate restoration.