Lot #: 531
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Scarce Two-Gallon Stoneware Ship Chandler's Jar, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, squat-shaped jar with flared rim and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a large brushed leaf motif. Impressed on the front with the advertising, "BULLOCK & MORTON, / SHIP CHANDLERS / & GROCERS / BALTIMORE". Cobalt highlights to advertising and handles. Includes a salt-glazed stoneware lid, possibly original to the jar. A highly-unusual Baltimore stoneware form with appealing "SHIP CHANDLERS" advertising. Very nice overall condition. A few smooth and fairly unobtrusive, in-the-firing contact marks to surface. A tiny nick to one handle. A glazed-over rim chip on front and small iron ping to rim on reverse. Some shallow chipping to inner rim where the lid rests. Significant chips to lid.
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