Lot #: 307
Price Realized: $161.00
($140 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.
Two Mid-Atlantic Stoneware Jars, Baltimore and PA origin, 19th century, straight-sided Baltimore crock with clover decoration and cobalt band around shoulder, paired with a Pennsylvania stoneware crock with horizontal floral decoration. Baltimore jar with Y-shaped vertical crack extending onto underside, along with a smaller vertical crack with crazing at base. PA jar in as-made condition with wrinkles in surface near base. H (of PA jar) 10".
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