Lot #: 251
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Unusual Cobalt Floral Decoration Resembling a Face, Stamped "CORTLAND," Madison Woodruff and Romanzo Smith, Cortland, NY, circa 1867-1869, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed and slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with blossoms resembling eyes and the leaves resembling a nose and mouth. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Some faint surface lines to reverse. Long horizontal crack at base with a thin 4" crack extending upward from it on side of jar, and another thin crack descending from it onto underside. Chips to inner rim where a lid would rest.
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