Lot #: 279
Price Realized: $236.00
($200 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.
Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Western PA origin, circa 1860, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and incised banding to midsection, decorated with a large freehand "2" flanked by vertical wavy stripes. Shoulder decorated above with two wavy stripes. A 1 1/2" flake to interior of rim on reverse. An in-the-firing recessed spot to shoulder on left side of jar. An adhered piece of clay to top of rim.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Highly Important "Frank Hamilton / Greensboro, Penna. / Jas. H. Atchison" Stoneware Spaniel Figure
Outstanding A.V. Boughner / Greensboro, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar
Exceptional Isaac Hewitt, Jr. / Rices Landing, PA Monumental 20 Gal. Stoneware Jar
Stoneware Presentation Harvest Jug, probably Beaver, PA
Southwestern PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ the Figure of a Baseball Player
The Rumble Prohibition Spaniel, Greensboro, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1889
Magnificent JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA 20 Gallon Stoneware Presentation Crock
