Lot #: 300
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Freehand Cobalt Decoration, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and incised banding to midsection, brush-decorated on the upper body with an undulating vine between freehand stripes. Decorated below with a freehand "4" flanked by dashes. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Excellent condition with two small Y-shaped lines to underside and a small X-shaped line to underside, not visible on the interior and all likely in-the-firing. H 14 1/2".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA 10 Gal. Stoneware Crock w/ Profuse Decoration
Outstanding J. HAMILTON / BEAVER Stoneware Pedestal Water Cooler
Extremely Rare "Johnstown Pottery / 1871" Jacob Swank Stoneware Presentation Bank
Stoneware Presentation Harvest Jug, probably Beaver, PA
Exceptional 16 Gal. HAMILTON & JONES / GREENSBORO Profusely-Decorated Stoneware Jar
Magnificent JAMES HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA 20 Gallon Stoneware Presentation Crock
Important and Unique Thirty-Gallon Western PA Stoneware Jug-Form Water Cooler
Southwestern PA Stoneware Wax Sealer w/ the Figure of a Baseball Player
