Lot #: 188
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated with two large double-stemmed clover motifs flanking a third, smaller clover design. The curved stem of the clover plant and asymmetrical application of the designs are unusual. A top-to-bottom crack from rim, which forms an X on underside, which additionally continues onto base, where it forms a long T and other very short lines at base. Two small rim chips. Rim secured with wire.
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