Lot #: 490
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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 Van Schoick & Dunn, Middletown Point, NJ, circa 1855, a cylindrical one-and-a-half-gallon jar with stylized floral motif, inscribed "1 1/2", paired with a two-gallon ovoid jar with stylized two-stemmed tulip motif, inscribed "2". Cylindrical jar in excellent condition with a short, in-the-firing surface line at base on reverse, not visible on interior, and some water glass staining to interior. Ovoid jar in excellent condition with a sliver-shaped in-the-firing contact mark to reverse and some minor flakes to top of rim, possibly in-the-firing.
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