Lot #: 4
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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.
Scarce Stoneware Wax Sealer with Eagle Decoration, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with sloping tooled shoulder and rounded rim with wax sealer interior, the front decorated with a stenciled federal eagle clutching olive branches and arrows and holding a banner in its beak, which reads "STAR". Freehand cobalt stripes at shoulder. Provenance: Tom McCandless Collection, Hopewell, NJ. Thin cracks throughout much of surface. Glazed-over base chip. Staining to surface. H 8 1/2".
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