Lot #: 275
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 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.
Assembled Group of Three Stoneware Pieces with Matching Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, a canning jar, half-gallon jug, and cylindrical crock, all with inverted swag and stripe decorations, believed to have been executed by the same hand. Canning jar with restoration to rim. Additionally, a small chip to interior of rim, some fry to cobalt and an in-the-firing discolored spot at base on reverse. Jug with shallow chipping to spout and a salt drip to shoulder. Crock with a chip to interior of rim.
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