Lot #: 118
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "EAGLE POTTERY," Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a stenciled design of a Federal eagle clutching arrows and spears, carrying a banner in its beak, inscribed "EAGLE POTTERY." Freehand stripe decoration to shoulder and base. Stenciled "3" flanked stenciled flourishes at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced Illinois collection. A chip to proper left handle. A minor chip to proper right handle. A V-shaped crack in underside, continuing onto reverse in two places, measuring approximately 4" on reverse and 1 1/2" on reverse. A thin 2 1/2" crack in underside. Some crazing to midsection on reverse. In-the-firing mottling to surface. Minor wear to cobalt. H 13 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional 16 Gal. HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO Profusely-Decorated Stoneware Jar
Highly Important "Frank Hamilton / Greensboro, Penna. / Jas. H. Atchison" Stoneware Spaniel Figure
Southwestern PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ the Figure of a Baseball Player
Outstanding A.V. Boughner / Greensboro, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar
Exceedingly Rare Greensboro, PA Stoneware String Holder w/ Profuse Cobalt Decoration
Outstanding 20 Gal. Western PA Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Floral Decoration
Magnificent JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA 20 Gallon Stoneware Presentation Crock
