Lot #: 177
Price Realized: $2,006.00
($1,700 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.
Scarce Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Pears Motif, Stenciled "Greensboro", PA origin, circa 1865, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and rounded "wax sealer" rim, decorated with a stenciled design of two pears hanging from a leafy stem, below the stenciled town name, "Greensboro". Freehand cobalt stripe below rim. Desirable decoration and form. Chips to inner rim for canning lid, which includes a 1 1/4" chipped section. An in-the-firing chip, possibly in-the-firing at base, which includes a short line extending through it. H 6 1/2".
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