Lot #: 331
Price Realized: $2,415.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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.
Auction Highlight: October 29, 2011 Auction
Rare Five-Gallon Camden, PA Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Cobalt Eagle, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with freehand stripes and a large stenciled eagle holding a banner, which reads "EAGLE POTTERY". Stenciled advertising below reads "LYSLE BAILEY & CO. / CAMDEN, PA" and is flanked by graduated dashes. The advertising refers to a prominent coal mining and merchant firm operating out of Camden, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania--on the Monongahela River, near McKeesport. A few long hairlines to surface. A short hairline from rim. A restored chip to each handle. H 16".
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