Lot #: 416
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Two Pieces of Greensboro, PA Stoneware, circa 1875, a two-gallon jug with freehand stripe decoration and bold-faced stenciled "2" at base, the midsection stenciled in large letters, "JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA"; paired with a two-gallon jar with small stenciled tulip and freehand stripes, stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO. / PA". Jug with a 3 1/2" contact mark on right side, spout chips, chips to shoulder molding, lines in underside, and in-the-firing base chip on reverse, which forms a T at base. Jar with 2 1/8” rim chip, a wide 8” X-shaped crack on side, and some nicks and wear to inner rim where lid would rest.
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