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Greensboro, Pennsylvania, Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ Eagle
November 6, 2010 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 4Price Realized: $632.50 (Price includes 15% buyer's premium).
Scarce Stoneware Wax Sealer with Eagle Decoration, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with sloping tooled shoulder and rounded rim with wax sealer interior, the front decorated with a stenciled federal eagle clutching olive branches and arrows and holding a banner in its beak, which reads "STAR". Freehand cobalt stripes at shoulder. Provenance: Tom McCandless Collection, Hopewell, NJ. Thin cracks throughout much of surface. Glazed-over base chip. Staining to surface. H 8 1/2".
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