Lot #: 124
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 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.
Small-Sized Shenandoah Valley Multi-Glazed Redware Cream Jar, Stamped "S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG, VA," circa 1890, ovoid jar with narrow base and semi-rounded rim, the surface covered in cream-colored slip and decorated with heavy splotches of green and brown. Impressed with S. Bell & Son maker's mark on shoulder. Excellent size and color. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased decades ago in the Mid-Atlantic region. Five flecks of glaze loss to body. A small in-the-firing, glazed-over rim chip and a small post-firing rim chip. Other very minor rim wear. A faint 3" hairline from rim, as well as a faint 3" surface line from rim, which is not visible on interior. H 6 1/2".
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