Lot #: 297
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 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.
One-and-a-Half-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cream Jar, Central PA origin, possibly M. & T. Miller, Newport, PA, circa 1865, ovoid jar with flattened rim, decorated with a brushed cobalt floral design with an unusual pinwheel-like blossom composed of numerous brushstrokes. Impressed "1 1/2" on reverse. Inverted 2 1/2" Y-shaped hairline from rim on reverse, and an inverted 1 3/8" Y-shaped hairline from rim on front. Rim chips. What appears to be a crack extending diagonally across the front of the jar is actually a discolored marking, which does not go through to the interior. H 8 3/4".
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