Lot #: 472
Price Realized: $570.00
($475 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.
Two Five-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, R.T. Williams, New Geneva, PA, circa 1880, two cylindrical jars with tooled shoulders, semi-rounded rims, and applied lug handles, one with freehand decoration, featuring the stenciled maker's mark, "R.T. WILLIAMS. / NEW GENEVA, PA.," paired with a five-gallon jar with freehand decoration, attributed to Williams. Some light fry to signed jar, a long, tight spider crack extending from base to right side of jar, a 1 1/2" chipped area to one handle, a small chip to opposite handle, and a 9" Y-shaped crack ascending from base on reverse. Unsigned jar with light fry to cobalt, a small chip to end of one handle, and an in-the-firing stone ping to underside. H (of signed jar) 15 3/4".
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