Lot #: 535
Price Realized: $1,003.00
($850 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 Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "A. & W. BOUGHNER / GREENSBORO / PA.", circa 1865, cylindrical jar with combed banding to midsection, tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles; decorated with a finely-brushed looping vine bearing three flower blossoms. Unusual swag decoration to the interior of vine's loops. Brushed stripe decoration below rim and at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Front shoulder impressed with Alexander and William Boughner maker's mark. Significant restoration, including some painted touch-up to cobalt leaves on left side of design, as well as some touch-up to cobalt stripe below rim. An unrestored chip and shallow dent to one handle, and an unrestored chip to opposite handle.
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