Lot #: 245
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Rare Three-Gallon Cortland, NY Stoneware Cream Jar with Cobalt Inscription and 1867 Date, Madison Woodruff and Romanzo Smith, Cortland, NY, 1867, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with the slip-trailed cobalt inscription "Cortland / N.Y. / 3 Gallons / 1867". Relatively few examples of Cortland stoneware feature inscribed words. Rim chips. Some water glass staining to surface. Two large in-the-firing chips to underside at edge, caused when the jar adhered to kiln furniture or another object during the firing. The larger chip measures 3 1/2" long. Some blurriness to cobalt.
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