Lot #: 261
Price Realized: $501.50
($425 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.
Extremely Rare Three-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "WHEELING POTTERY," Wheeling, VA (now WV) origin, circa 1830, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and arching tab handles, the front impressed with the maker's mark, "WHEELING POTTERY." Appealing, early style form related to examples produced concurrently elsewhere in Virginia. Chips to left handle. A minor chip to reverse end of right handle. Several cracks to base area, extending onto underside, one of which continues 8 1/2" up side of jar below right handle.
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