William Capron Stoneware Jar with Incised Cobalt Flower and Bird Decoration

Description:

William Capron Stoneware Jar with Incised Cobalt Flower and Bird Decoration, Albany, New York, c. 1800-05, oval jar with reeded neck, applied lug handles with cobalt daubed terminals, the front and back decorated with incised cobalt blue decoration, one side depicting a flower blossom, the other a bird, ht. 13 3/8 in.

Note: William Capron (b. after 1755, d. August 2, 1823),is thought to have been the first producer of stoneware in Albany, New York. He opened a pottery there on Washington Street in 1800 and five years later sold the pottery to Paul Cushman in 1805.

Literature: See Paul Cushman: The Work and World of an Early 19th Century Albany Potter, Albany Institute of History and Art, 2007, pp. 69-71, and 79, for information on William Capron and examples of his work. A jar with similar decoration of flower and bird is illustrated p. 79.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Minor hairlines interior from rim about 5 in., four minor base chips,

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