Lot #: 38
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Two Stoneware Jars, Both Stamped "P. HERRMANN," Baltimore, MD origin, fourth quarter 19th century, a cylindrical one-gallon jar with squared rim and cobalt swag decoration, paired with a one-gallon cream jar with rounded rim. Cylindrical jar with heavy chipping to rim, a top-to-bottom inverted Y-shaped crack from rim, some base chips, and some small chips out of surface along crack. Other jar with cracks in underside extending up sides of jar. H (of cylindrical jar) 9 5/8".
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