Lot #: 149
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 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.
Rare Tanware Canning Jar, Western PA or WV origin, circa 1885, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and flared collar, the exterior coated in reddish Albany slip and decorated with a brushed tan-slip foliate design composed of the jar's base clay. Interior covered in a dark-brown Albany slip glaze. Rare form and glaze treatment. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with an area of in-the-firing wear to interior of rim. H 10 1/2".
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