Lot #: 135
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "WM. MOYER. / HARRISBURG.PA," circa 1858-1861, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a large tulip plant bearing four blossoms. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A 1 1/8" rim chip on side of jar. Two small in-the-firing surface flakes (contact marks) to front. A few in-the-firing, glazed-over scratches to front. A glazed-over 1 1/2" flake (stone ping) to left side of jar near base. A salt drip below right handle. Water glass staining to interior. Faint water glass staining to exterior. H 14 1/4".
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