Lot #: 397
Price Realized: $147.50
($125 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.
Two-Gallon Lidded Stoneware Jar, Beaver, PA origin, circa 1870, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and flared, semi-rounded rim, decorated with fuchsia blossoming from a curved leafy vine, below a dashed stripe. Base with faint cobalt "2" between two short stripes. Additionally impressed "2" on reverse. Includes original salt-glazed stoneware lid. A 9 1/2" tight, vertical spider line to reverse. Additional very tight lines to underside and reverse, not visible on interior. A 2 1/2" salt drip to base on reverse. Several chips to outer edge of lid.
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