Lot #: 477
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, New York City origin, circa 1840, a one-gallon jar with cobalt "1", impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "OLCOTT, MCKEESON & CO. / DRUGGISTS / 127 MAIDEN LANE N-Y"; paired with a one-gallon jar with brushed and slip-trailed design of a flower, below the cobalt-highlighted advertising "WILLIAM PARTRIDGE & SON / NO 27 CLIFF STREET, N Y". Maiden Lane jar with a faint surface in underside and two short lines at base, as well as two small glazed-over base chips. Cliff Street jar with a small chip to interior of rim and a glazed-over line on interior, not visible on exterior.
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