Lot #: 388
Price Realized: $977.50
($850 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.
Fine and Extremely Rare Small-Sized Stoneware Jar with Slip-Trailed Cobalt Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1820, ovoid jar with footed base and flared rim, decorated around the shoulder with a slip-trailed daisy motif featuring stems with graduated leaves. Excellent form, size, and decoration. One of only two examples of its kind we are aware of. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with two small, in-the-firing contact marks to shoulder. H 6".
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