Lot #: 339
Price Realized: $354.00
($300 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 Open-Handled Stoneware Jars with Alkaline Glaze, Crawford County, GA origin, second half 19th century, both of squat, ovoid form and two applied handles at the shoulder, the smaller example of appealing form with tall collar and pronounced collar molding. Larger example with streaky olive-green alkaline glaze. Smaller example with mottled olive-green alkaline glaze. Provenance: Dr. Raymond L. Owen Collection. Smaller jar with professionally-restored rim chips and a minor unrestored base chip. Larger jar with in-the-firing base chips, the rim with an in-the-firing chip and some in-the-firing roughness. H (of smaller jar) 6 1/8".
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