Lot #: 413
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "JOHN G. MEDINGER / AGENT. / BALTIMORE. MD," Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, featuring John G. Medinger merchant stenciling including a stenciled foliate motif below, stripes to the shoulder, and a stripe at base. Exceptional color. Very nice condition. Two small chips to shoulder molding. Rim with a small in-the-firing chip and small adjacent piece of adhered clay. A faint 1 3/4" line to underside, not visible on interior. Flecks of old white paint to surface. H 9 7/8".
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