Lot #: 578
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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Jar Stamped "B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA", VA origin, circa 1850, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and applied tab handles, decorated on the front with a horizontal slip-trailed tulip motif and on the reverse with three rows of draped cobalt lines. Broken into several pieces and reglued, with some filler along crack lines.
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