Lot #: 434
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 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 Four-Gallon Stoneware Cream Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "LEWISTOWN POTTERY", circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a leafy stem bearing three larger tulip blossoms, accented with brushed dashes on the interiors of the blossoms and stylized stamens. Impressive decoration and difficult-to-find Central PA maker's mark. A chip and a minor nick to right handle. Two chips on interior of rim. A faint 5" Y-shaped hairline to shoulder on reverse. A faint 4" hairline on underside, connecting to a faint 4" vertical line on side of jar.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Rare and Fine M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug w/ Profuse Decoration
Exceedingly Rare and Important J.B. PFALTZGRAFF / YORK, PA Eagle Crock w/ Civil War Inscription
Rare Miller Family / Juniata Pottery (Newport, Pennsylvania) Redware Canning Jar
Extremely Rare H. M. & T. MILLER (Newport, PA) 5 Gal. Double-Handled Stoneware Jug
Extremely Rare JUNIATA POTTERY / BY / G.M. MILLER Redware Jar w/ Figural Decoration, Newport, PA
Fine M. &. T. MILLER /NEWPORT, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Profuse Decoration
Exceptional M & T Miller (Newport, PA) Stoneware Bird Jar
Exceptional M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Bird and Floral Decoration
