Lot #: 226
Price Realized: $1,265.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "G. & A. Black," Somerfield, PA origin, circa 1860, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, heavily-decorated with a series of seven vertical groups of graduated swags around the midsection. Impressed with "G. & A. Black" maker's mark below a one-gallon capacity mark at shoulder. Excellent color. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which descended in a Western PA family to the consignor. Rim chips. Two long, sealed cracks from rim.
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