Lot #: 290
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 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.
Twelve-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Eagle Decoration, Stenciled "WILLIAMS AND REPPERT / GREENSBORO, PA," circa 1885, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with freehand stripes and vining at the shoulder, a circular stenciled decoration of a Federal eagle at center, surrounded by a semi-circular band of stenciled flourishes, and freehand "12" with flourishes at base. Cracks from rim on front, including a reglued wedge on front and restoration at rim on front. Additionally, a several inch crack from rim on reverse as well a long cracked (and possibly reglued) section along rim on reverse.
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