Lot #: 606
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, Pa.," circa 1875, cylindrical jar tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with stenciled floral designs, freehand stripes, and a bold-faced stenciled "3" at base, flanked by freehand dashes. In-the-firing oversalting to surface, causing some blurriness to stenciling. Some old varnish to base, not related to any restoration. A small nick on interior of rim. One handle with a small chip to bottom edge and some minor wear to one end.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Southwestern PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ the Figure of a Baseball Player
Outstanding J. HAMILTON / BEAVER Stoneware Pedestal Water Cooler
Extremely Rare "Johnstown Pottery / 1871" Jacob Swank Stoneware Presentation Bank
Exceptional JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA 10 Gal. Stoneware Crock w/ Profuse Decoration
Stoneware Presentation Harvest Jug, probably Beaver, PA
Exceptional 16 Gal. HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO Profusely-Decorated Stoneware Jar
Exceptional Isaac Hewitt, Jr. / Rices Landing, PA Monumental 20 Gal. Stoneware Jar
Important and Unique Thirty-Gallon Western PA Stoneware Jug-Form Water Cooler
