Lot #: 263
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, American, second half 19th century, a two-gallon Western PA jar featuring a large "2" underscored by stripes, paired with a three-gallon handled jar, decorated with a faint "3" flanked by leaves. Two-gallon jar with wear to rim, cracks at base, and 4" crack from rim on reverse. Three-gallon jar with a few small chips on interior of rim, as well as a 2 1/2" crack at base, extending 4" along edge of underside as a thin line.
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