Lot #: 22
Price Realized: $1,680.00
($1,400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Small Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Stamped Cross, B.F Landrum, Edgefield District, SC, mid 19th century, semi-ovoid jar with semi-squared rim, the surface covered in a mottled olive-colored alkaline glaze. Impressed "Landrum cross" motif at base. Traces of old paint to surface. One rim chip. A 1 1/4" in-the-making flake and two other small flakes to shoulder. A 1 1/8" in-the-making flake to base and a few minor base chips. H 8 1/8".
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