Lot #: 395
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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.
Fine Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, profusely-decorated on the front and reverse with a brushed flowering plant design featuring long, dotted trails emanating from the blossoms. Brushed cobalt highlights to the handle terminals. Wonderful decoration with excellent color. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with an in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder and a small, glazed-over base chip, which occurred in the firing.
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