Lot #: 343
Price Realized: $330.00
($275 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Iron-Oxide Decoration, attributed to John Swann, Alexandria, VA, circa 1815, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, flared rim and tab handles, the upper body decorated with a dipped iron-oxide wash. Two adjacent chips to end of one handle. A 1 1/4" in-the-firing separation in underside. A shallow 1" chip at base. A horizontal surface line around base, not visible on interior, with long hairlines emanating upward from it and one hairline extending onto underside. H 14".
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