Lot #: 116
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.
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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