Lot #: 51
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 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.
Two-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Incised "III", Southern U.S. origin, second or third quarter 19th century, rotund jar with flared collar, semi-squared rim molding, and applied tab handles, the surface covered in a mottled green and brown alkaline glaze. Incised on top of one handle with three diagonal slash marks. On the corresponding side of the jar, the glaze was scraped away prior to the firing to reveal three vertical slashes on unglazed clay. A similar, less-defined treatment appears on the underside. Whether these base and underside slash marks are intentional or coincidental is unknown. Provenance: Recently found in Texas. Wear to rim. Small flakes to surface, more visible on one side. Wear and a 1" shallow chip to one handle. Shallow chipping along edge of opposite handle. H 10".
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