Lot #: 279
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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 Stoneware Canning Jar with Cobalt Urn Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and squared wax sealer rim, decorated with a brushed design of a stylized urn bearing Western-Pennsylvania-style vining. This canning jar is the first decorated in this manner that we have seen. Staining to reverse. Base chips. Minor chips to interior of rim. A glazed-over stone ping to reverse. H 10".
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