Lot #: 84
Price Realized: $2,520.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine One-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "B.C. MILBURN," Alexandria, VA origin, circa 1850, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and applied tab handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a two-stemmed flowering plant, featuring scalloped details to the blossoms and spots to the leaves. Heavy cobalt spot decoration below rim. Reverse decorated with saw-toothed drapes interspersed with large tassels. Loss to edge of one handle. A few minor base chips. A 3 1/2" X-shaped line at base on side of jar. H 9 3/4".
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