Lot #: 440
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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 Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Northeastern U.S. origin, circa 1830, a one-gallon jar with cobalt highlights to handles and maker's mark, stamped "STEDMAN / & / SEYMOUR / NEW-HAVEN"; paired with a one-gallon jar with brushed floral motif on front, scalloped cobalt line decoration on reverse, and cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Lot includes a 19th century, Albany-slip-glazed stoneware lid, which loosely fits either jar. New Haven jar with shallow chips to rim, glazed-over chips to base, and a few short lines to base. Other jar in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Lid with minor nicks.
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