Lot #: 472
Price Realized: $383.50
($325 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.
Three Stoneware Canning Jars with Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Western PA and WV origin, circa 1875, each of different form with wax sealer rim, decorated with three freehand stripes. Provenance: Collection of Lorren Lambert, Staunton, VA. Tallest with significant restoration, not affecting decoration, as well as some unrestored chips. Cylindrical jar with large unrestored chips to inner wax sealer rim and a small chip and two minor nicks to interior of rim. Semi-ovoid jar with tight cracks in front. H (of tallest) 8 1/4".
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