Lot #: 363
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars with Alexandria, VA Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, a one-gallon jar with freehand stripe decoration, stenciled "E.J. MILLER & SON. / DEALERS IN / CHINA AND / QUEENS WARE / ALEXANDRIA. VA.;" paired with a two-gallon jar with stenciled designs and freehand stripe decoration, stenciled "E.J. MILLER & CO. / QUEENSWARE & C. / ALEXANDRIA. VA." Smaller with large restoration to base area. Larger with a 3 1/2" x 7/8" reglued section to rim, two chips to interior of rim, a long crack to base extending onto underside, a long crack to underside extending several inches up body of jar, a short in-the-firing separation at base, fry to cobalt, and some staining to surface. H (of larger) 11 1/2".
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