June 22, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Four
Sat, Jun 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 2018
STEPHEN B. SWEENEY, HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE PITCHER
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for
$8,400
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 |
STEPHEN B. SWEENEY, HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE PITCHER, salt-glazed, approximately two-gallon capacity, ovoid form with slightly rounded rim, neck having three lightly incised rings and beaded bottom, double-incised shoulder rings below, and applied strap handle with light ridges. Brushed cobalt cotton plant decoration to front with six bolls, a horizontal flower to each side of neck, and a vertical fern motif to spout, additional cobalt to handle terminals. Stephen B. Sweeney (1799-1862), Bailey's Creek, Henrico Co., VA. 1838-1863. 13 3/8" HOA, 5 7/8" D rim.
Catalogue Note: Pitchers attributed to Sweeney are extremely rare. The neck decoration on the present example is often seen in an opposing arrangement on the body of Sweeney pots, and seems to be an exclusive Sweeney attribute. This combination of motifs firmly ties Sweeney to this Lowndes-style decoration. The below referenced CIA article notes "Extent vessels have recently been identified that appear to have been produced by Sweeney but are decorated with a close variation on the Lowndes so-called Cotton Plant motif. The branches are asymmetrical and the cotton blooms are less structured, more tightly defined, sometimes executed with only two brushstrokes. These vessels may suggest an overlap between the two potteries either in the purposeful imitation of decoration or the exchange of workmen."
Literature: Decoration parallels Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2013, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley", by Kurt Russ, Rob Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman, p. 249, fig. 75.
Condition
Excellent condition, having two minor flakes to end of spout and a flake to side of handle.
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