Lot #: 190
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Eastern Shore of Maryland Advertising, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, impressed with the advertising "J F JESTER / DEALER IN / DRY GOODS, GROCERIES & C / NANTICOKE MD". Brushed cobalt clover decoration to two sides. A nicely-decorated example of this popular Maryland stoneware genre. Restored cracks on underside, extending onto base. A top-to-bottom restored crack on undecorated side of jar. Two short hairlines to rim area.
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