Lot #: 555
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Six-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Beaver, PA origin, circa 1870, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, the slip-coated surface brush-decorated with a large flowering plant bearing five blossoms. Freehand cobalt 6" at shoulder. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A thin 4" crack from rim on front. Some faint lines to shoulder on reverse. A small base chip on reverse. H 16".
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