Lot #: 261
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. Please Contact Us for a Current, Accurate assessment of your items.
Possibly Unique Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Pastoral Scene Decoration, possibly New Jersey, circa 1860, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a willow tree beside a fence with horse. Reverse with cobalt inscription "3.G.". This jar was made by an as-yet-unidentified maker, who produced distinctive pottery inscribed on the reverse with slip-trailed numbers and the letter "G" for gallon. A 3" faint spider line to shoulder on side of jar, not visible on interior. A faint line on underside, which does not appear to extend through to interior. Some fry to cobalt at top of tree.
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