Lot #: 106
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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 New Jersey Stoneware Jars, 19th century, a three-gallon jar with cobalt star-shaped foliate design, stamped "UNION POTTERY / NEWARK, N.J. / J. ZIPF, Prop."; paired with a three-gallon, unmarked ovoid jar with brushed cobalt floral designs on both sides, the front also decorated with a brushed "3" flanked by flourishes. Union Pottery jar with significant flaking, large rim chip, wear to interior of rim, and a faint surface line at base on reverse. Three-gallon jar with large cracks, some of which occurred in the firing, as well as a rim chip and small rim nick.
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