Lot #: 375
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Plymouth, PA Advertising, Pennsylvania origin, circa 1875, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, tapered rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with the stenciled cobalt inscription, "McKINNER & SIMONS / Wholesale / Dealers in / STONE & / ROCKINGHAM / WARE / PLYMOUTH, PA.". Slip-trailed "3" flanked by flourishes to shoulder. An approximately 7 1/2" Y-shaped crack from rim on reverse. Two minor chips to left handle. Minor wear to right handle. Some wear to interior of rim.
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