Lot #: 208
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare and Fine Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Star Motif and Proctor, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, tapering jar with slightly-flared "wax sealer" rim, featuring the stenciled advertising "M. & A. J. MOORE. / PROCTOR, / WEST VA.," surrounding a spotted, eight-pointed star. A desirable combination of form, decoration, and scarce advertising. Provenance: Earl Ray Bush Collection, Huntington, WV. Chips to interior of rim. Minor nicks to inner wax sealer rim. Light wear to cobalt. A minor in-the-firing ping to proper left side of jar. Underside with black marker inscription, "# 21 / 21 / Earl Ray Bush / Collection / Huntington W.Va. / Very Good / Rare." H 8 1/4".
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