Lot #: 269
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.
Twenty-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / STAR POTTERY. / GREENSBORO, PA," circa 1875, large-sized, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, tapered rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with Hamilton & Jones / Star Pottery maker's stenciling surrounding star, rose, and floral motifs. Additional floral and rose motifs surrounded the stenciled words. Freehand stripe decoration to shoulder and base. A name written in black marker on the underside. Stenciled "20" flanked by stenciled leaves at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A long crack extending from shoulder to base on reverse, with a few short lines extending off from it. H 25".
Important Note: Due to its very large size, we are unable to ship this crock. If you will not be attending the auction in person, you can, of course, still bid on it, but you must make arrangements to come and pick it up or have someone else do so for you. Thanks very much!
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