Lot #: 237
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Two Pieces of Western PA Stoneware, circa 1875, a two-gallon cream jar featuring the rare stenciled cobalt advertising "MILLS & CO. / DEALERS / IN STONEWARE / & C. / 85 & Liberts / PITTS"; paired with a two-gallon jar with freehand decorations, stenciled "JOHN P. EBERHART / NEW GENEVA. PA". Cream jar with colored spider cracks to front, including one crack extending onto underside, as well as a 5/8" stone ping on side of jar. Other jar with large base chip, curving crack from rim on reverse, and a chip and wear on interior of rim.
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