Lot #: 26
Price Realized: $354.00
($300 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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-Gallon Lidded Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird perched on a hollow branch. Jar with small chips to interior of rim, wear to inner rim for a lid, a faint horizontal line on reverse. Lid with short, in-the-firing lines.
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