Lot #: 179
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Manganese-Decorated Redware Canning Jar, Stamped "JOHN BELL," Waynesboro, PA, circa 1840-1880, cylindrical form with rounded shoulder and angled rim with flange on interior to hold a lid, decorated around the rim area with daubs of manganese over a yellow clay ground and covered in a clear lead glaze. Impressed with John Bell maker's mark on underside. John Bell's popular yellow earthenware canning jars were rarely produced with added manganese decoration, as seen on this example. Provenance: From an eighty-plus year private collection. Very nice condition with light rim wear. H 7 1/2".
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