Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM
Description:
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.
Estimate $400-600