Lot #: 170
Price Realized: $1,150.00
($1,000 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.
Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Rooster Decoration, Stamped "W.H. FARRAR & CO. / GEDDES, NY," circa 1860, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a folky slip-trailed design of a rooster with striped neck and breast, heavily-shaded wing, and large plumed tail, strutting atop a stylized ground accented with wavy lines and spots. Rim chips. 5/8" stone ping to reverse of rim. Spidering hairlines and cracks to left and right of rooster. Some faint surface lines to reverse. Wear to interior of rim where a lid would rest, along with some flecks off Albany slip on interior walls. H 11".
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