Lot #: 145
Price Realized: $1,800.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Two-Gallon Slip-Decorated Redware Jar, Whitewater, WI origin, second half 19th century, semi-ovoid jar with rounded, tooled shoulder and semi- squared rim, brushed decorated with a large foliate motif flanking a freehand number "2." Lead-glazed surface with light-orange ground. Rim chips. Some surface exfoliation. An in-the-firing contact mark below "2." Heavy exfoliation to underside. A 4" scratch extending from base on side of jar. Base chips. Exfoliation to interior base. H 11".
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