Lot #: 137
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Incised Bird and Wreath Decorations, Stamped "GOODALE / & / STEDMAN / HARTFORD," CT origin, circa 1822-1825, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front with an incised and cobalt-highlighted wreath surrounding the maker's mark, and on the reverse with a cobalt-highlighted design of a stylized bird. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. A tight spider crack to surface on proper left side of jar, extending onto proper left side of jar's front, not visible on interior. A glazed-over rim chip on reverse. Surface crazing to shoulder on front, likely in-the-firing and not visible on interior. Base chips. H 15".
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