Lot #: 424
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Clover Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a two-stemmed clover plant. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals and a curving line of cobalt underneath each handle. Several areas of tight lines to surface, not visible on interior and possibly in-the-firing. A 1 1/2" chipped area to base and a smaller post-firing base chip. A lime ping at base on front. A short, minor in-the-firing separation line from rim on interior.
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