Lot #: 267
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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 Western PA Stoneware, circa 1875, a three-gallon stoneware jar with stenciled rose motifs above and below the stenciled signature, "JAS. HAMILTON & Co. / GREENSBORO, / PA"; paired with a two-gallon jar with stenciled flourishes, stenciled "HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO, / PA.". Three-gallon jar with a 5 1/4" in-the-firing line at base, connecting to a series of hairlines on underside, a 2 3/4" Y-shaped line under one handle, two shallow chips to one handle, and some traces of paint to surface. Two-gallon jar with a long, thin crack on right side of front, continuing a short distance onto underside, as well light wear around midsection, and a chip and minor nick to interior of rim.
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