Lot #: 520
Price Realized: $2,185.00
($1,900 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.
Rare Small-Sized Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar, Stenciled "S.H. Ward", Stephen H. Ward, West Brownsville, PA, circa 1870, squat-shaped jar with tapered body and tooled accents to the wax sealer rim and shoulder, the front featuring the finely-stenciled signature, "S.H. Ward". Signed examples of Stephen H. Ward stoneware are considered difficult-to-find. This example is potted in appealing canning jar form. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently discovered in Ohio. Three rim chips, two of which measure 7/8". A long, shallow in-the-firing contact mark to top of rim. H 6".
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