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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-gallon capacity, ovoid form with slightly arched tab-like handles and a collared rounded rim. Unusual boldly brushed cobalt scrolling floral decoration on each side, additional cobalt to top of handles. Probably Samuel Wilson and/or associates, Richmond or Henrico, Virginia. 1817-1850. 11 1/4" H, 6 1/2" D rim.
Several chips to handles, one being moderate, small Y-shape hairline to body, no other damage.
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.
Provenance: From a Washington, DC collection.
Several chips to handles, one being moderate, small Y-shape hairline to body, no other damage.
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.
Provenance: From a Washington, DC collection.
Condition
Several chips to handles, one being moderate, small Y-shape hairline to body, no other damage.
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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR
Estimate $300 - $500
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