Lot #: 98
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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 Five-Gallon Stoneware Cream Jar with New Edinburgh, Ottawa, Canada Advertising, Canadian, third quarter 19th century, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed floral design featuring two scallop-edged blossoms flanking a large daisy. Heavily-spotted details to interior of flowers. Impressed with the elaborate cobalt-highlighted advertising "FROM / JAS; BLACKBURN / DEALER IN / GROCERIES & DRY-GOODS / HARDWARE & PROVISIONS / NEW, EDINBURGH". Impressed with a cobalt-highlighted number 5 below. Large sealed curving crack from rim. A tiny nick to right handle. A salt drip to left side of jar's front. Jar is slightly out-of-round. H 13 1/2".
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