Lot #: 322
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. 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 Mid-Atlantic Stoneware Jars, circa 1880, a half-gallon jar with cobalt leaf decoration, attributed to Ralph J. Grier, Chester Co., PA, a one-gallon Baltimore jar with cobalt clover decoration; and a one-and-a-half-gallon Baltimore jar with cobalt clover and line design. Half-gallon jar with crack in underside, which forms an inverted Y and extends 5 1/2" up side of jar. Jar also has crazing to shoulder, short crack from rim, and rim chips. One-gallon jar in as-made condition. One-and-a-half-gallon jar with hairlines throughout rim, chip on exterior of rim, and small chip on interior of rim. H (of smallest jar) 8 3/8".
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