Lot #: 265
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 Pieces of Strasburg, VA Stoneware, circa 1865, a small-sized canning jar, stamped "J. KEISTER & CO / STRASBURG, VA," paired with a half-gallon unmarked jar with cobalt swag decoration, attributed to J. Keister & Co., impressed with Jeremiah Keister's half-gallon capacity mark. Canning jar with two chips and two nicks to outer rim, the inner with small chip and minor nick. Half-gallon jar with several rim chips, as well as 6 1/2" vertical crack on side of jar, extending onto underside where it spreads, along with a 1" shallow chip to bottom edge and two much smaller base chips.
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