Lot #: 405
Price Realized: $240.00
($200 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.
Three Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Snuff Jars with Byfield, MA Advertising, Ballard Vale, MA origin, late 19th century, all of semi-ovoid form with tapered shoulders and flared rims, one stenciled "SWEETSER BROS. / BYFIELD, MASS" with stenciled eagle motif and two stenciled "PEARSON'S MILLS / BYFIELD, MASS." Sweetser Bros. jar with several rim chips, two short lines to rim, and shallow chipping and wear to inner rim for lid. Shorter Pearson's Mills jar with rim chips, shallow wear and tiny chips to inner rim for lid, small chips to underside at edge (some in-the-making), and a salt drip to reverse, its salt-glazed lid (possibly original) with a few chips. Taller Pearson's Mills jar with a few flakes to front and a rim chip, the salt-glazed lid (possibly original) with large flake and a few minor chips. H (of tallest without lid) 12 3/4".
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