Lot #: 318
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Four-Gallon Stoneware Jars with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Northeastern U.S. origin, third quarter 19th century, both of ovoid form, one with slip-trailed spiraling floral motif, stamped "O.L. & A.K. BALLARD. / BURLINGTON. VT," the other stamped "D. ROBERTS BINGHAMTON NY." Ballard jar with a spider crack to proper left side and some bubbling to cobalt. Roberts jar with a 2" line from rim on front, fry to cobalt, a short surface line at base on reverse, and in-the-firing base chips. H 12 1/2".
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