Lot #: 309
Price Realized: $2,596.00
($2,200 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "H.C. SMITH / ALEXA / D.C.", circa 1835, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and applied tab handles, the front decorated with a large flowering plant bearing fan-shaped blossoms in the manner of Henry Myers's Baltimore Stoneware Manufactory. Reverse shoulder decorated with three stylized flowers emanating from leafy stems. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Excellent condition with two minor base nicks.
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