Lot #: 149
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Rare Three-Gallon Lidded Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Foliate Decoration with Nashville, Tennessee Advertising, Stamped "E. FOWLER / BEAVER, PA", circa 1870, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "FROM / SPIRE & DUFF. / NASHVILLE, TENN.", including five stars at the center. Cobalt foliate motifs to shoulder. Wide cobalt stripe below. Large brushed "3" to right of advertising. Decoration is applied over a slip-coated surface. Includes salt-glaze stoneware lid, stamped "3" and "4". A difficult-to-find example of Western PA stoneware made for the Southern market. A tight fork-shaped crack in underside, continuing onto base in four places. A 1 5/8" chipped area to left handle. A chip to right handle. A chip to interior of rim. A small chip to tip of finial on lid. Jar does not sit perfectly flat.
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