Lot #: 188
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated with two large double-stemmed clover motifs flanking a third, smaller clover design. The curved stem of the clover plant and asymmetrical application of the designs are unusual. A top-to-bottom crack from rim, which forms an X on underside, which additionally continues onto base, where it forms a long T and other very short lines at base. Two small rim chips. Rim secured with wire.
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