Lot #: 98
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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.
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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