Lot #: 504
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Unusual One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Clayville, PA Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim designed to hold a lid, featuring the stenciled advertising "GILLESPIE & PARSONS / CLAYVILLE, / JEFF. CO. PA.". Stenciled foliate motifs interspersed into merchant stenciling. A 3 1/2" hairline on side of jar, which forms an X on underside. Light wear to interior of rim and inner rim where a lid would rest. Some light wear to cobalt. A minor stone ping to side of jar.
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