Lot #: 274
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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.
Outstanding and Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Slip-Trailed Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1820, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, tall collar, and applied loop handles, decorated on the front and back with finely slip-trailed band of flowers between a band of leaves and wavy lines. Undersides of handles decorated with brushed cobalt four-petaled flowers with leaf outcroppings. This jar was decorated with an unusually thin-spouted slip cup, creating a finer than typical decoration. One handle professionally restored. V-shaped crack on underside, continuing 5", 1", and 3/4", onto base in three places. Additional faint 3" line at base. H 15 1/2".
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