Lot #: 485
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 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.
Fine and Scarce Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Cobalt Pear Decoration, Stenciled "Hamilton & Jones," Greensboro, PA, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and rounded wax sealer rim, the front decorated with a crisply-stenciled double-pear motif, below the stenciled signature "Hamilton & Jones". Brushed cobalt band below spout. An excellent example of a desirable Western Pennsylvania form, featuring a particularly well-executed fruit stencil. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example. A 2" hairline from rim on front. Some small chips to interior of rim and a 3/4" shallow flake to inner wax sealer rim. H 8".
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