Lot #: 160
Price Realized: $1,020.00
($850 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Exceptional Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Trumpet Flower Decoration, Uniontown, PA origin, circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and flattened rim, lavishly-decorated with three brushed stems bearing groups of trumpet flowers. Large brushed-script "2" at base. The floral motifs on this jar, distinctive to Uniontown stoneware, include fingerprints to the tip of each blossom that give each a tubular, three-dimensionality. Impressed "2" on top of rim. A 7" crack on side of jar with some staining. A 1 3/8" rim chip on front. A small in-the-firing contact mark to front. Some paint and rust residue below rim.
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