Lot #: 302
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 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.
Small-Sized Redware Jar with Elaborate Slip Decoration, Galena, IL origin, second half 19th century, squat-shaped, cylindrical jar with flared rim, the surface profusely-decorated with marbled streaks of yellow slip and covered in a clear lead glaze. A tight Y-shaped crack extending from rim to shoulder. Filled rim chips. Two raised pieces of glaze on top of rim. A sliver of glazed-over clay to midsection and a glazed-over 7/8" dent to shoulder. H 6".
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