Lot #: 213
Price Realized: $2,760.00
($2,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Rose Motif, Stenciled "Wilkinson & Fleming / Shinnston W Va," circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, featuring large Wilkinson and Fleming maker's stenciling surrounding a stenciled rose. Further decorated above with a stenciled "6" flanked by graduated vertical dashes. Freehand stripe below rim and cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Desirable size featuring bold stenciling and freehand decoration. Among the best examples of this pottery's work that we have offered. Exfoliation to Albany slip on interior. Otherwise essentially as-made condition with a shallow 1" chip to bottom edge, probably in-the-firing. H 16 7/8".
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