$1,304
Stoneware Jar with Incised Cobalt Blue Decoration, possibly David Morgan, New York City, 1795-1803, ovoid jar with incised lines about the shoulder and applied lug handles, the side is embellished with an incised diamond within a circle bordered by eight incised hearts filled with cobalt blue, and blue-daubed handle terminals, (minor chips), ht. 9 in. Note: Similar incised heart decoration is found on a signed David Morgan/New York jug, illustrated in Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America , by David Blake Webster, Charles Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont, publisher, plate 204, p. 160.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-03-07