Lot #: 366
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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.
Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES. / GREENSBORO. PA", circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring Hamilton & Jones maker's stenciling, freehand stripes and various stenciled designs, and stenciled "6" with flourishes at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. An in-the-firing slump to right side and some minor surface wear. A few very minor chips to interior of rim. A faint diagonal X-shaped surface line to shoulder on far right side of jar's front, measuring 5" diagonally and not visible on the interior.
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