Lot #: 208
Price Realized: $885.00
($750 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 Bird-on-Branch Motif, Stamped "T. HARRINGTON / LYONS", NY State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird with scallop-edge tail, perched on a branch culminating in a series of berries. Slip-trailed "3" above. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Includes salt-glazed stoneware lid, not original to the jar. Jar with some fry to cobalt, chips to rim, wear to inner rim where lid rests, and a minor in-the-firing ping to left side of jar's front. Lid with a chip to underside and a small, glazed-over chip to top.
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