Lot #: 425
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 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.
Fine Stoneware Jar with Profuse Freehand Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Stenciled "NEW GENEVA POTTERY," New Geneva, PA origin, circa 1875, approximately one to one-and-a-half-gallon ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and flattened rim, the front heavily-decorated with nine freehand wavy stripes, the base stenciled in large block letters "NEW GENEVA POTTERY". Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some light fry to right side of decoration and some brownish mottling to clay on left side. Jar is also slightly out-of-round.
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