Lot #: 286
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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 Stoneware Jars, Stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA.", circa 1875, a one-gallon jar with cobalt stripes above and below James Hamilton maker's stenciling, paired with a one-and-a-half-gallon jar with James Hamilton maker's stenciling above the stenciled gallonage "1 1/2". One-gallon jar with blurriness to stenciling and tight cracks in underside, forming a long crack on right side of jar. Other jar with a chip and a few minor nicks on interior of rim, some blurriness to stenciling, light wear to surface, a glazed-over scrape near base, and a minor, and a minor, in-the-firing chipped section to underside at edge.
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