Lot #: 23
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 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.
Very Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Flowering Urn Decoration, Stamped "CORTLAND," Madison Woodruff and Romanzo Smith, Cortland, NY, circa 1867-1869, cylindrical jar with rounded and tooled shoulder and flared rim, decorated with a daisy plant emanating from a scroll-handled urn with footed and cross-hatched interior. Spotted highlights to flower blossoms. A visually-appealing design, highly unusual for this maker. Includes Albany-slip-glazed lid. Stable area of shallow exfoliation to right of decoration. Chips to lid. Small chip to interior of rim, where a lid would rest.
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