Lot #: 525
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Thompson Pottery, Morgantown, WV, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with semi-rounded rim, distinctive ribbed handles, and incised circumferential banding, decorated across the shoulder with a sweeping vine bearing flowers, across the midsection with a leaf and flower, and at the base with two flowers flanking a freehand "4". Freehand stripes throughout front. Wear to surface and rim. Minor chips to bottom edge of rim. Losses to one handle. Chipping to opposite handle. Large Y-shaped hairline on underside, which continues 1" onto base.
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