Lot #: 108
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 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.
Unusual Three-Gallon Peabody, MA Stoneware Advertising Jar with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Shoulder impressed with advertising, "C.F. WORTHE / PEABODY-MASS". Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Excellent condition with a few minor nicks to inner rim for lid.
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