Lot #: 525
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Thompson Pottery, Morgantown, WV, circa 1870, cylindrical jar with semi-rounded rim, distinctive ribbed handles, and incised circumferential banding, decorated across the shoulder with a sweeping vine bearing flowers, across the midsection with a leaf and flower, and at the base with two flowers flanking a freehand "4". Freehand stripes throughout front. Wear to surface and rim. Minor chips to bottom edge of rim. Losses to one handle. Chipping to opposite handle. Large Y-shaped hairline on underside, which continues 1" onto base.
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