Lot #: 504
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Unusual One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Clayville, PA Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim designed to hold a lid, featuring the stenciled advertising "GILLESPIE & PARSONS / CLAYVILLE, / JEFF. CO. PA.". Stenciled foliate motifs interspersed into merchant stenciling. A 3 1/2" hairline on side of jar, which forms an X on underside. Light wear to interior of rim and inner rim where a lid would rest. Some light wear to cobalt. A minor stone ping to side of jar.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional 12-Stripe Western PA Stoneware Wax Sealer
Small Western PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ Elaborate Decoration
Exceptional One-Quart STAR POTTERY (Greensboro, PA) Stoneware Wax Sealer with Thistle Decoration
Fine A. P. DONAGHHO / FREDERICKTOWN, PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ Eagle
Southwestern PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ the Figure of a Baseball Player
Western PA Stoneware Wax Sealer Stenciled GREENSBORO Above Pears
Very Unusual One-Quart Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ Thistle and Pinwheel Decoration
Very Rare A.P. Donaghho, / Fredericktown, / Pa. Stoneware Canning or Tobacco Jar
