Lot #: 249
Price Realized: $546.25
($475 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.
Eight-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO, PA," circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with freehand vining and stripes at the shoulder, stenciled flourishes including two tulips, and a ornately-stenciled "8" flanked by flourishes at base. Salt drip near base. Three small pings to shoulder area. Loss to reverse of one handle.
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