Lot Essay
For a similar example, See Garvan, p.12, fig. 11 and p. 13, fig. 14
Details
TWO TURNED CARVED AND PAINTED SYCAMORE TOBACCO JARS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1780-1800
The first cylindrical footed, the cover black painted with incised edge, the body decorated with alternating bands of red and black punctuated with incised vertical bands, on a red painted incised decorated foot; the second cylindrical footed, the cover with bands of red and black decoration with chip carving and incised decoration, the body with similar decoration in alternating bands of black and red punctuated with vertical carved bands--6in. high; 7¾in. high
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1780-1800
The first cylindrical footed, the cover black painted with incised edge, the body decorated with alternating bands of red and black punctuated with incised vertical bands, on a red painted incised decorated foot; the second cylindrical footed, the cover with bands of red and black decoration with chip carving and incised decoration, the body with similar decoration in alternating bands of black and red punctuated with vertical carved bands--6in. high; 7¾in. high
Provenance
Pennypacker Auction Centre, Reading, Pennyslvania, October 10, 1977, the first
Jim Bork, November 8, 1987, the second
Jim Bork, November 8, 1987, the second