Lot #: 325
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Lidded Jar with Cobalt Bird Decoration, probably Riedinger & Caire, Poughkeepsie, NY, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with rounded shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with fan-shaped tail, perched on a stylized branch. Includes salt-glazed stoneware lid. A 4" hairline on underside, continuing 4" up reverse of jar. Two minor, in-the-firing chips to underside.
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