Lot #: 531
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Scarce Two-Gallon Stoneware Ship Chandler's Jar, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, squat-shaped jar with flared rim and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a large brushed leaf motif. Impressed on the front with the advertising, "BULLOCK & MORTON, / SHIP CHANDLERS / & GROCERS / BALTIMORE". Cobalt highlights to advertising and handles. Includes a salt-glazed stoneware lid, possibly original to the jar. A highly-unusual Baltimore stoneware form with appealing "SHIP CHANDLERS" advertising. Very nice overall condition. A few smooth and fairly unobtrusive, in-the-firing contact marks to surface. A tiny nick to one handle. A glazed-over rim chip on front and small iron ping to rim on reverse. Some shallow chipping to inner rim where the lid rests. Significant chips to lid.
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