Lot #: 261
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1835, ovoid jar with flared collar and ribbed lug handles, brush-decorated on the front and reverse with horizontal tulip and swag motifs. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals and a wavy line of cobalt beneath each handle. Rim chips. A spider crack on underside, continuing onto base on reverse and continuing a very short distance onto base in two places on front. A few minor base chips. H 15 3/4".
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