Lot #: 129
Price Realized: $2,280.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Ravenswood, WV Advertising, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, tapering jar with semi-squared "wax sealer" rim, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "W.G. WATTS. / GENERAL MERCHANDISE / RAVENSWOOD, W.VA," surrounding a stenciled foliate motif. Freehand stripe decoration above and below. Excellent color. Provenance: From a fifty year West Virginia collection. Chipping around interior of rim. Additional chipping around inner "wax sealer" rim, which was glazed over with Albany slip prior to firing. H 10".
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