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A JAMES CARR (NEW YORK CITY POTTERY) MAJOLICA VASE
Lot 219

A JAMES CARR (NEW YORK CITY POTTERY) MAJOLICA VASE

CIRCA 1853-1871, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED J. CARR CITY POTTERY NY H. LANCASTER SC

Closed15 April 2011

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A JAMES CARR (NEW YORK CITY POTTERY) MAJOLICA VASE
CIRCA 1853-1871, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED J. CARR CITY POTTERY NY H. LANCASTER SC
Of tapering form with everted rim, molded and hand-tooled with two large palm fronds issuing either foliage or scrolling vine, the neck and foot with stiff-leaf tips, pendant flowers and ovolo
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high

Specialist note

Known as 'The Father of American Pottery', James Carr is recorded as a medalist at both the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and the Paris Universelle Exposition in 1878. M. Karmason with J. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 164-165, remark that no marked pieces are extant with the exception of an experimental overfired daffodil decorated vase. The inscription similar to the present vase, the daffodil vase was also sculpted by H. Lancaster, a worker in Carr's pottery.