Lot #: 500
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, Baltimore, MD origin, second half 19th century, a two-gallon ovoid jar with brushed swag-and-hanging-flower decoration on front and reverse, probably Peter Herrmann; paired with a four-gallon cylindrical jar with brushed clover plant on front and reverse. Smaller with a few rim chips, a small inverted U-shaped line to rim, two short hairlines from rim, hairlines to underside continuing onto base area. Larger jar with water glass staining to interior and exterior, as well as two hairlines to underside continuing onto base area. H (of smaller) 12".
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