Lot #: 116
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Two Miniature Stoneware Jars with Cold-Painted Produce Inscriptions, probably Indiana origin, fourth quarter 19th century, both of similar handled form with Albany-slip-glazed surfaces, one with gold-painted inscription, "Pickles / 1885", the other with gold-painted inscription, "Preserves / 1885". Provenance: Found in Indiana. Pickles jar in excellent, as-made condition. Preserves jar with two rim nicks on reverse, a tiny handle nick, and an in-the-firing contact mark to reverse. H (of Pickles jar) 2 7/8".
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