Lot #: 429
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, Western PA origin, circa 1875, a one-gallon ovoid jar with stenciled rose and flowers motif, stenciled "A. CONRAD. / NEW / GENEVA / PA;" paired with two-gallon jar with large brushed tulip decoration over a slip-coated ground, Beaver, PA origin. Provenance: From a fifty-year collection. Conrad jar with a base chip and an in-the-firing piece of adhered clay on left side. Beaver jar with wear to midsection, staining to surface, and chips and wear to interior of rim.
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