Exceptional Small GREENSBORO Stoneware Canning Jar w/ Thistle Decoration

October 17, 2015 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 505

Price Realized: $5,175.00

($4,500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Exceptional Small-Sized Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Thistle, Stenciled "Greensboro", Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded wax sealer rim, featuring a crisply-stenciled thistle motif above the town name, "Greensboro.". Cobalt stripe at shoulder. Desirable size, form, and stenciled design. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently-discovered in Ohio. Excellent essentially as-made condition. H 6 7/8".