10 Gal. Western PA Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Floral Decoration

Summer 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 74

Price Realized: $660.00

($550 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.

Summer 2024 Auction Catalog

◀︎ Back to Catalog

▶ Login

Ten-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Freehand Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, brush-decorated with an undulating fuchsia vine motif between freehand stripes. Base inscribed "10," above a looping vine motif. Freehand stripe at base. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced Illinois collection. A minor nick to one handle. A Y-shaped crack across underside, including a 3 1/4" reglued piece. This damage includes a 3" filled flake on underside, which tapers to a 1 1/2" filled hole in underside. The crack on the underside forming a long curving crack on reverse, which extends across the midsection of the proper left side of the crock and onto the front, and includes two vertical cracks ascending from it. The crack on the underside additionally includes a crack that extends 5" up the base of the crock's front. Minor areas of whitish residue to surface. A glazed-over scratch and raised bubble to midsection on front. Some minor surface staining. H 17 3/4".

Special Note: Due to this object's large size, we are unable to ship it using our normal in-house shipping service. It must either be picked up by the high bidder, or special arrangements must be made by the high bidder for pick up and / or shipping by a third party. If you have any questions, please contact us; we are certainly able to recommend options for third party shippers ahead of time that you can contact for a quote.