Lot #: 403
Price Realized: $236.00
($200 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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, attributed to the Grier Pottery, Chester County, PA, circa 1860-1880, a half-gallon cylindrical jar with tooling to shoulder and rim, decorated around the shoulder with an alternating large and small swag motif; paired with a three-gallon jar with brushed floral decoration on the front and reverse, as well as cobalt highlights to the handle terminals and a wavy line of cobalt underneath each handle. Half-gallon jar in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor in-the-firing surface chip near base. Three-gallon jar with cracks in underside, which continue onto base area, as well as a rim chip.
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