Lot #: 148
Price Realized: $1,035.00
($900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Exceptional Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt Tulip Decoration, Stamped "BELL," Strasburg, VA origin, ovoid jar with squared rim and ribbed lug handles, the front and back decorated with a large, boldly-brushed tulip plant design bearing three large blossoms. This jar features some of the best-colored decoration on an example of Bell stoneware we have seen. Impressed under one handle "BELL / 5". Provenance: Recently discovered in Southern Maryland. Rim of jar slumped during the firing. Some staining to base area. A few nicks to handles. Tight Y-shaped line on underside, possibly in-the-firing and not visible on interior.
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