Lot #: 387
Price Realized: $900.00
($750 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Possibly Unique Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Applied Pears Motif, attributed to M. Perine and Sons, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1895, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and squared rim, decorated with a molded and applied design of two pears hanging from a stem, flanked by detailed leaves, highlighted in bright cobalt slip. Rim decorated with two brushed clovers. Albany-slip-glazed interior. Made during the final period of salt-glazed stoneware production in Baltimore, this work features a molded pears motif previously undocumented in the work of this city's potters. Possibly created as a presentation piece during an increasingly industrialized era, identifying the vessel's purpose in preserving fruit. A 1 1/4" mostly glazed-over chip to interior of rim. A minor chip to interior of rim. Minor spots of old pink paint. A 3" hairline from rim. Areas of staining. H 11 5/8".
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