Lot #: 182
Price Realized: $1,888.00
($1,600 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Decoration, Stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / STAR POTTERY / GREENSBORO. / PA", circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a central stenciled design of a radiating six-pointed star, surrounded by the maker's stenciling "HAMILTON & JONES. / STAR POTTERY / GREENSBORO. / PA", flanked by wreath-like rose stenciling. Freehand straight and wavy stripes to shoulder. Base with freehand "2" flanked by dashes, underscored by a freehand stripe. An attractive example of Western PA stoneware, featuring top-to-bottom cobalt decoration, crisp stenciling, and desirable "STAR POTTERY" logo. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with two short, faint in-the-firing lines to underside, one of which extends through to interior.
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