Possibly Unique Stoneware Jar w/ Detailed Tree, Fence, and Animal Decoration

October 17, 2015 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 261

Price Realized: $517.50

($450 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Possibly Unique Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Pastoral Scene Decoration, possibly New Jersey, circa 1860, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a willow tree beside a fence with horse. Reverse with cobalt inscription "3.G.". This jar was made by an as-yet-unidentified maker, who produced distinctive pottery inscribed on the reverse with slip-trailed numbers and the letter "G" for gallon. A 3" faint spider line to shoulder on side of jar, not visible on interior. A faint line on underside, which does not appear to extend through to interior. Some fry to cobalt at top of tree.