Lot #: 285
Price Realized: $480.00
($400 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.
Two Stoneware Canning Jars, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, both of tapered form with "wax sealer" rims, one decorated with a stenciled leaf, stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO.PA.;" the other stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / GREESNBORO / PA." with diamond and stylized floral stenciling. James Hamilton jar with light rim wear on reverse, two small base chips (one of which is glazed over), a small chip to interior of rim, and a small chip to inner wax sealer rim. Hamilton & Jones jar with small chips to interior of rim. H (of James Hamilton jar) 8 1/4".
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