Lot #: 108
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 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.
Unusual Three-Gallon Peabody, MA Stoneware Advertising Jar with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1875, cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Shoulder impressed with advertising, "C.F. WORTHE / PEABODY-MASS". Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Excellent condition with a few minor nicks to inner rim for lid.
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