Lot #: 146
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Six-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped ".D S*," Vale, NC origin, circa 1840, highly-ovoid jar with flattened rim and applied pocket handles, the surface covered in an olive-colored alkaline glaze. Impressed with rare Daniel Seagle maker's mark on one handle, which incorporates a dot and star flanking his initials. Impressed "6" on opposing handle. A 5" crack from rim. A 3 1/8" rim chip. Otherwise generally minor flaws. Wear to interior of rim. A 1 1/8" shallow chipped area to one handle. A minor chip to opposing handle. Some residue from use to surface. Some very minor in-the-firing pings to surface. A minor base chip. H 16 1/4".
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