Lot #: 189
Price Realized: $480.00
($400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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 Decoration, Stenciled "BOYERS & HARDEN / PALATINE / W.VA," circa 1875, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated at the shoulder with a freehand design of a central flower bud flanked by numerous vertical dashes, girded between straight and wavy freehand stripes. Midsection with Boyers & Harden maker's stenciling, including stenciled foliate motifs. Base with freehand "3" flanked by dashes, underscored by a freehand stripe. Large cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Significant network of sealed cracks to underside and base of jar, which extends toward midsection of left side of jar.
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