Lot #: 458
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1850, ovoid jar with squared rim and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a large sweeping stem bearing fan-shaped flowers. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Two adjacent reglued pieces at rim, measuring a total of 6 1/2" x 1/2". Rim chips. A 4" in-the-firing separation descending from rim on, 1" of which is visible on exterior. Two other short, minor hairlines to rim area. An approximately 10 1/4" Y-shaped hairline extending up from base on one side. Some staining.
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