Lot #: 442
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 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.
Scarce Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES. / GREENSBORO. PA," circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with an unusual circular foliate design surrounding star-shaped stenciling. Shoulder and base with freehand cobalt stripes. Base with stenciled "6" flanked by finely-stenciling flourishes. A well-decorated and crisply-stenciled example. Very nice condition with minor wear to the end of one handle, grease stain to underside, and a second grease stain with very light area of exfoliation near base on reverse.
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