260031C
Ovoid stoneware jar with a sun face decoration. The jar has a tooled shoulder and applied lug handles, and is decorated on reverse sides with an impressed and cobalt-highlighted medallion featuring a face surrounded by rays. This rare jar was made by the Xerxes Price Pottery in Sayerville, NJ. The pottery was started by James Morgan, Jacob Van Wickle, and the potter Branch Green in 1805. Morgan was a Major General in the NJ Militia and a member of the U.S. Congress from 1811-1813. The jar is in overall good condition, with some rim chips, (one of which occurred during the making), some blemishes in the finish and chips to the foot. Circa 1810, New Jersey.
Provenance: Crocker Farm Auction, 2006.
Item No. 260031
Price: $3,900.
