Lot #: 293
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 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.
Two Half-Gallon Stoneware Jars with Pittsburgh, PA Advertising, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, both of similar form, one decorated with freehand stripes and the stenciled advertising, "C. BARTLEY & / 1835 Penn St Pittsb[]h," probably Boughner family, the other with freehand stripe decoration, stenciled "FROM / R. CUMMING / Cor Penn & 27TH Sts / PITTSBURGH." Shorter jar with sealed Y-shaped crack from rim on front. Taller jar in excellent condition with faintness to the word, "PITTSBURGH," and some staining. H (of shorter jar) 7 7/8".
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