Lot #: 228
Price Realized: $126.50
($110 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Four-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cream Jar, PA origin, circa 1870, ovoid jar with flattened rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed cobalt leaf design. Jar is out of round. 7" crack from rim on reverse. Rim chips. 3 3/4" Y-shaped hairline under one handle. Crack on underside, extending 4" up front of jar and forming an x there, as well as 7" up reverse side of jar. Two more base cracks extending from underside, one measuring 2" at base, and a second T-shaped crack measuring 2 5/8" x 4 1/2". 1" hairline at base. H 12 1/2".
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