Lot #: 376
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Tobacco Jar with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "STAR POTTERY," Hamilton & Jones, Greensboro, PA, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a large stenciled design of a spread-winged eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch in its talons, and carrying a banner, inscribed "STAR POTTERY," in its beak. Desirable form, size, and decoration. Some wear to cobalt. Light surface wear to reverse. H 9".
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