Lot #: 291
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 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.
Redware Jar, Stamped "JOHN BELL," Waynesboro, PA origin, circa 1840, approximately one-and-a-half-gallon ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder and squared rim, the interior covered in a lead and manganese glaze. Jar is somewhat earlier than most John Bell jars of this type known. Base chips. A few rim chips. 2 1/8" hairline to left of maker's mark. Some typical, fairly minor glaze flakes to interior. H 9 1/2".
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