Lot #: 415
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Alexandria, VA Advertising, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising "E.J. MILLER & SON. / DEALERS IN / CHINA AND GLASS / WARE. / ALEXANDRIA. VA." Cobalt straight and wavy stripe decoration to shoulder and base. Base with freehand cobalt "3" flanked by flourishes. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some minor paint(?) residue at base and a minor glazed-over stone ping at base on reverse.
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