Lot #: 275
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 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.
Assembled Group of Three Stoneware Pieces with Matching Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, a canning jar, half-gallon jug, and cylindrical crock, all with inverted swag and stripe decorations, believed to have been executed by the same hand. Canning jar with restoration to rim. Additionally, a small chip to interior of rim, some fry to cobalt and an in-the-firing discolored spot at base on reverse. Jug with shallow chipping to spout and a salt drip to shoulder. Crock with a chip to interior of rim.
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