Lot #: 236
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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 Stoneware Cream Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "MOORE, NICHOLS & CO. / Williamsport, PA," circa 1880, ovoid jar with flattened rim and applied lug handles, decorated with two brushed cobalt flowers extending from a leafy stem. Brushed cobalt "4" to left of decoration and unusual cobalt stripe below rim. As-made condition with an in-the-firing faint line in shoulder and blackish in-the-firing discoloration at base on reverse. H 12 1/2".
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