Lot #: 230
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.
Outstanding Small-Sized Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Cobalt Pears Decoration, Stenciled "Greensboro", Greensboro, PA, circa 1870, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and semi-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 size and subject matter, featuring crisp stenciling. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor pre-firing scratch to front, which is glazed over. H 6 3/4".
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