Lot #: 431
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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 Canning Jars with Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, both with wax sealer rims, one of unusually wide form, decorated with five alternating straight and wavy cobalt stripes, the other decorated with three freehand stripes. Wider jar with staining, roughness to inner rim, and two short hairlines from rim on reverse. Other jar with base chip, significant cracks extending onto underside, and a series of contact marks on side of jar. H (of wider jar) 6 1/2".
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