Lot #: 264
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 Manganese-Decorated Stoneware Jars, Stamped "S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG," VA origin, circa 1890, pair of one-gallon jars of similar cylindrical form with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated around the shoulder with brushed reddish-brown manganese swags. One in excellent, essentially as-made condition. The other with hairlines on underside, one of which extends 1" onto base, a dry whitish drip of in-the-firing residue to side, and a few rim chips, and a base chip.
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