Lot #: 213
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Four-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "ENEIX & EVANS. / STONY / POINT POTTERY / NEW GENEVA / PA", circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, the shoulder decorated with a large stenciled foliate motif below a freehand stripe, the midsection featuring the unusual stenciled maker's mark, "ENEIX & EVANS / STONY / POINTY POTTERY / NEW GENEVA / PA", the base with bold-faced stenciled "4" flanked by two stenciled roses. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Staining to reverse and some minor staining to front. Large raised, sealed crack extending from underside, onto reverse, and then onto shoulder on front. This crack includes a 3 1/2" hairline and 1" hairline extending off from it, as well as a 1 3/4" Y-shaped line on reverse, not visible on interior.
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