Lot #: 248
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Pittsburgh, PA Stoneware Advertising Jar with Profuse Cobalt Decoration, Pittsburgh, PA origin, circa 1870, ovoid jar with tooled midsection and semi-rounded rim, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "Samuel Cooper / Manufacturers Agent / No. 7 / Pittsburgh." Shoulder with script "2"surrounded by spots and flanked by graduated foliate motifs. Freehand wavy stripe decoration throughout. Incised "X" on top of rim. A nice example of combined stenciled and freehand cobalt elements, extending from top to bottom. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a faint drip of slip to shoulder, a tiny in-the-firing ping to reverse, and some extremely minor surface wear.
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