Lot #: 114
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Exceptional Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Yellow-Slip Floral Decoration, Inscribed "Bayer" and Impressed "1878", Joseph Bayer, Washington, MO, 1878, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, stepped rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed yellow-slip design of a stem bearing a large leaf and hanging flower. Inscribed "Bayer" in yellow slip to right of decoration. Impressed "1878" above. Excellent size, rare inscription, and highly-unusual use of yellow slip. An 11 3/4" crack from rim on reverse. Tight spider lines extending across underside forming cracks at base of jar, the longest extending 5 1/4" up base of jar. The 5 1/4" crack is sealed, and joins two other cracks, forming a wedge. It does not appear, however, that this wedge was ever loose and reattached to the jar. Majority of left handle reglued. H 20".
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