Lot #: 218
Price Realized: $960.00
($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "H.C. SMITH / ALEXA / D.C.," Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA, circa 1835, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and rounded rim, brush-decorated with an oval surrounding the mark of Wilkes Street Pottery owner, Hugh Charles Smith, including three leaves descending from it. Shoulder decorated around with chain links. Provenance: From a forty-five-year VA collection. Some surface wear and staining. A minor in-the-firing ping to rim. H 7 1/8".
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