Lot #: 349
Price Realized: $900.00
($750 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "A. CONRAD / NEW GENEVA, PA," circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring a stenciled design of a Federal eagle with shield across its chest and arrows in one foot, surrounded by Alexander Conrad maker's stenciling. Decorated above with a stenciled daisy motif and bold-faced stenciled "3" with flourishes. Freehand stripe below rim and rose stenciling at base. Exfoliation around base area. A 1" chip to proper right handle. Proper left handle with wear to each end and a small chip. An in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder on front, including a small piece of adhered clay. Reverse with light surface wear and a minor in-the-firing ping. Hairlines to underside, two of which continue a short distance onto base on front. A 2" in-the-firing fissure to underside, not visible on interior. H 13 1/2".
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