Lot #: 398
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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.
Outstanding Five-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Stenciled Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded, and applied lug handles, decorated with elaborate stenciled floral motifs featuring a rose and a daisy, flanking a vertically-stenciled foliate motif with scrolled ends. Brushed cobalt stripes to shoulder and base. Stenciled "5" at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. The addition of a vertically-stenciled design at the center is unusual. An excellent example of Western PA stenciled decoration, exhibiting wonderful color. Provenance: Purchased by the consignor decades ago. Some in-the-firing crawling to cobalt slip. Y-shaped crack in underside, connecting to large vertical crack on reverse, which extends from base to shoulder. A smooth 1 3/4" chip to base on reverse, probably in-the-firing. H 15 1/2".
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