Fine Four-Gallon Western PA Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Freehand Cobalt Decoration

October 28, 2017 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 299

Price Realized: $501.50

($425 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Fine Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Freehand Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with incised banding at midsection, tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with an undulating vine bearing open-centered flowers and graduated leaves, between freehand stripes. Decorated below with a freehand "4" flanked by curved lines, between two wavy stripes. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A long sealed, circular crack extending from base on front onto underside, including some shallow chips along crack line, indicates the base has been reglued. One handle chip.