Lot #: 478
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Northeastern U.S. origin, 19th century, a one-gallon ovoid jar with scrolled foliate motif, stamped "JOHN B. CAIRE & CO / MAIN ST. PO'KEEPSIE N.Y.," circa 1840; paired with a one-gallon cylindrical crock with brushed double-flower motif, stamped "SOMERSET / POTTERS' WORKS," Somerset, MA origin, third quarter 19th century. Caire jar in excellent condition with minor staining. Somerset Potter's Works crocks with a thin, inverted Y-shaped crack, descending 3 1/4" from rim, a small chip to interior of rim, some staining, two unglazed in-the-firing contact marks to base, and a drip of water glass staining to reverse. H (of taller) 6 7/8".
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