Lot #: 371
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Two Stoneware Jars, Philadelphia, PA origin, circa 1865, a cylindrical jar with large vertical tulip decorations on the front and back, paired with a baluster-form jar with leaf decoration on the front and back. Both jars measure approximately one-and-a-half to two gallons. Cylindrical jar with groups of tight cracks to base area, one of which extends onto underside, as well as short hairline from rim, a glazed-over rim chip and a post-firing rim chip. Baluster-form jar with long tight X-shaped crack to shoulder, a chip to exterior of rim, and a few nicks to interior of rim.
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