RARE Stoneware Blue Decorated Ovoid Jar South Amboy, NJ Decrorated on both sides Start Price USD 100.00 Current Price USD 562.01 Time Left - Bid Count 15 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 24, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 Location New England See more about 'RARE Stoneware Blue Decorated Ovoid Jar South Amboy, NJ' Description ….…PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER ITEMS UP FOR SALE…A very RARE decorated 5 gallon Red Wing Stoneware crock with a REAL BUTTERFLY with WINGS, EYES and ANTENNAs….. A very RARE early American slip decorated redware storage jar   ….PLEASE read ALL of MY FEEDBACK.....This is not a fulltime job, so please have patients. I have many happy 1st time and return customers as you will see in the feedback.......I assure you I will return all emails and I pack your items very carefully as I treasure these items as much as you!!!!                  For sale today is a small 10” inch tall 1 gallon ovoid stoneware crock cobalt blue decorated on both side with one side with an elaborated group of flowers perfectly centered in the jar and sitting in a stylized flower pot.. The other side is decorated with a cobalt one and brush strokes to each side of the one and a squiggly line below. This is an early piece and not often seen with so much blue. The handles also have blue accents. Notice there are incised bands for the handle placement.        This jar is attributed to Abial Price a member of the well known New Jersey family potters. He was born in 1802 in a town called (Roundabouts) now Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey located near Perth Amboy and New Brunswick. (a photo is added below of a jug potted and marked by Abial Price from South Amboy.)  He was known to have potted in Roundabouts Pottery ‘til 1827, then moving to Massachusetts and believed to have potted near or in Taunton, MA possibly with Seaver’s Pottery or Ingell’s Pottery. Then between 1838-1840 he moved back to South Amboy, NJ with his family and potted at Congress Pottery. Not long after in 1845 he started his own pottery in Middletown Point and soon after died in 1852.         The condition of this diminutive jar is as follows: there is a minor hairline on the rim about 1” inch long just over the left handle if you were looking at the side with the flowers. On the other side there is a chip at mid-body of jar. The hairline is barely noticeable and there are, no other cracks, chips or repairs (see photo). This is a great find and so are my other items…DON’T FORGET check them out!!!...Good luck with your bidding and thanks for looking… Buyer pays shipping and insurance a money order is preferred, will hold item for ten days for personal checks to clear.   On Nov-28-08 at 15:15:10 PST, seller added the following information:Reference pictures have been added of both sides of the Abial Price jug that is marked on the bottom in script "Abial Price".  On the backside of the same jug it is dated South Amboy Sept 14th, 1840. These are reference photos from a Centeral and Southern New Jersey Pottery book. thanks john Place a Bid!