likely New York State, circa 1820-1840, salt glaze, tapered ovoid jug form, incised devil head to front of jar with cobalt slip, cobalt slip to terminals of large applied strap handle, thick angled spout rim with ringed neck, footed base, 15-1/4 in.
Provenance: Sumpter Priddy, Alexandria, Virginia, 1998 (accompanied by sales invoice); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Literature: Published in Sumpter Priddy, American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840 (Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum, 2004), p. xxxi, figs. 20 and 21.
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Sumpter Priddy, Alexandria, Virginia, 1998 (accompanied by sales invoice); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, firing blowouts to surface as made, 2 in. loss to front of footed base, several other chips to base edge measuring 1 in., 3/4 in. and 1/2. in., other minor base edge chips, 7 in. meandering hairline down from spout to flake at side of jar, another related 6 in. hairline around side of jar, smaller associated chips and hairlines, 12 in. meandering hairline up from base edge to lower handle terminal, associated glaze flakes and smaller hairlines from that larger hairline, rim wear, firing separation at handle, some illumination under blacklight of residue
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