Lot #: 136
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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "VAN SCHOIK & DUNN / Makers, / Middletown Point, N.J.", circa 1853-1870, cylindrical jar with sloped shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of two-stemmed flowering plant flanking a freehand "3". Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. A tight 2 1/4" crack on underside, which continues up body of jar on reverse forming a Y. One part of this Y extends horizontally onto side of jar, below handle, where it forms a second Y. A vertical 6 1/2" line to far right side of jar's front. Base chips. Two minor chips to interior of rim.
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