Lot #: 395
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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 Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, profusely-decorated on the front and reverse with a brushed flowering plant design featuring long, dotted trails emanating from the blossoms. Brushed cobalt highlights to the handle terminals. Wonderful decoration with excellent color. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with an in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder and a small, glazed-over base chip, which occurred in the firing.
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