Lot #: 226
Price Realized: $1,200.00
($1,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Belleville, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, tapering jar with rounded shoulder and flaring "wax sealer" rim, featuring the stenciled advertising, "A. WILLIAMSON. / GENERAL / MERCHANDISE, / BELLEVILLE. WEST VA." surrounding a small stenciled vine motif. Highly unusual town name and uncommon full spelling of "WEST" in "WEST VA." One of only two pieces bearing this stenciling that we have ever offered. A thin, approximately 6 3/4" vertical crack in front. A 2 1/2" line from rim on proper left side of jar. A large area of discolored oversalting to reverse. Two small air bubbles in clay to body and one to underside. An approximately 4 1/2" x 4" spider line on underside, including one line forming a 1 7/8" tall x 6" long T at base. Staining to surface. Some light surface wear. Base somewhat misshapen. H 10 3/8".
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