Lot #: 174
Price Realized: $2,400.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "WILLSON'S & YOUNG. / HARRISBURG PA," circa 1855, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, brush-decorated with a large tulip plant motif bearing four blossoms. Excellent color and coverage of design over the vessel's front. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Provenance: Herb and Carol Hausmann Collection. A thin, 3" inverted fork-shaped line from rim. A tight network of lines to base on front, extending onto proper left side of jar, primarily surface-level only. Two in-the-firing chips to bottom edge on front. An in-the-firing line to reverse end of proper right handle. A 1 1/4" flake to interior of rim. Some wear and a few chips to inner rim for lid. Some light water glass staining to surface. H 11 1/2".
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