Lot #: 61
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Rare Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt and Manganese Decoration, attributed to the Bell Pottery, Strasburg, VA, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, decorated with opposin6g manganese swags on the front and back, interspersed with brushed cobalt swags. Desirable size and unusual two-color decoration. Provenance: Descended in the family of Betty Cooley, the wife of potter, Richard Franklin "Polk" Bell. 3 1/2" thin crack from rim. Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing partway up wall of jar in three places. Rim chips, the largest of which is glazed over. Some in-the-firing blistering to surface. H 6 1/4".
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