Lot #: 160
Price Realized: $118.00
($100 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Coggled Decoration, attributed to the Thompson Pottery, Morgantown, WV, circa 1855, cylindrical jar with flattened, semi-rounded rim, the shoulder decorated with a coggled vine design, above a one-gallon Thompson Pottery capacity mark. Two chips to bottom edge. A shallow chip and minor in-the-firing pig to interior of rim. Three tight lines to body, possibly in-the-firing. Two additional in-the-firing lines to shoulder, which are glazed over.
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