Lot #: 161
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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 Jar with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Poughkeepsie, NY origin, circa 1860, cylindrical jar with sloped shoulder, rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a fan-tailed bird perched on a stylized branch. Includes heavily-damaged lid, not original to jar. 3 1/2" x 1" in-the-firing loss to base on reverse. Wear to interior of rim where a lid would rest. Faint 5" surface line on reverse. Stone ping near base on side of jar.
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