Lot #: 161
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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 Washington, D.C. Area Stoneware, second half 19th century, a one-gallon cylindrical jar, stamped "P. HISER & SONS, / Washington, D.C."; paired with a two-gallon cylindrical jar, stamped "B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA", Alexandria, VA origin, which includes an Albany-slip-glazed lid (not original to jar). Hiser jar with very tight 3 1/2" line on underside, continuing 1 1/4" onto base, some shallow glazed-over base chipping, and an in-the-firing rim chip. Milburn jar in excellent essentially-as made condition. Chips to lid.
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