Lot #: 182
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Cherries Motif, Stenciled "Hamilton & Jones.," Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1870, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and rounded "wax sealer" rim, decorated with a stenciled cherries motif below the stenciled maker's mark, "Hamilton & Jones." Freehand stripe below rim. Desirable stenciled motif. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing mottling to surface, light staining, and a very minor 1" in-the-firing fissure to underside. H 7 7/8".
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