Lot #: 344
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Six-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1840, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and ribbed lug handles, brush-decorated with a horizontal floral motif composed of tulips emanating from numerous leaves. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals and a wavy stripe of cobalt below each handle. Shoulder impressed with a six-gallon capacity mark beside an incised "X." Small rim chips. Several vertical lines to base area. Paint residue to surface. Some minor surface wear. H 16 1/2".
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