Lot #: 400
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1845, ovoid jar with squared rim and applied lug handles, cobalt-decorated with an elaborate clover plant design on the front, and a similarly-styled design on the reverse. Cobalt swags brushed under each handle. Molding on interior of rim allows jar to hold a lid. A very nice example. Crack on underside, which extends onto base, where it become a thin hairline. Shallow chip on side of rim. Small, in-the-firing chip on front of rim. A tight horizontal line in rim, with a few very short lines extending from it, upward to top of rim. Faint 3 1/4" hairline from rim on reverse. Small chips on interior of rim where a lid would rest.
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