Lot #: 381
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Stamped "R BUTT / W," Washington, D.C. origin, circa 1835, ovoid jar with tooled rim and arched tab handles, brush-decorated on the front and reverse with distinctive vertical foliate motifs. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. One handle with an in-the-firing loss and post-firing loss. Wear to edge of opposite handle. Two long vertical cracks from rim on reverse, one extending through one handle. A 4 1/4" inverted Y-shaped crack from base on reverse. A small base chip. H 10".
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