Lot #: 91
Price Realized: $480.00
($400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Cornelius Vaupel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1885, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, impressed with the cobalt-highlighted maker's mark, "C. VAUPEL / NO 11 UNION AVE / WILLIAMSBURGH." Decorated below with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird perched on a stylized branch. Excellent condition with a small chip and some nicks and wear to inner rim for lid, some minor fry to cobalt, and a minor glazed-over base chip on reverse.
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