Lot #: 325
Price Realized: $480.00
($400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Three Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Stamped "GILSON & Co. / Reading., Pa," circa 1840, two ovoid jugs and a two-gallon ovoid jar, all with stylized cobalt brushwork over the maker's marks, the jar with additional cobalt band below collar. Smaller jug with spout chips, a 3/4" stone ping at base, and few other small in-the-firing pings to surface. Larger jug with thin spider lines to base/underside, shoulder, spout, and handle, dry residue to shoulder from the firing, and a 1" base chip. Jar with a few rim chips, minor chipping to inner rim for lid, a 4" inverted Y-shaped line from rim on reverse, and water glass residue to interior. H (of tallest) 14 1/2".
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