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Thu, Jul 14, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 203

Four Pieces of Decorated Stoneware

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

gray and red salt glazed cobalt decorated stoneware jar, stamped "W.H. LEHEW & CO. STRASBURG VA" inside banner, and "1" inside coggle circle, circa 1870, 9-1/2 in.; two "S. BELL & SONS, STRASBURG" stoneware jars, circa 1880s, one straight sided with cobalt decoration, "I" inside coggle circle, 9-3/4 in., one rounded and undecorated, 8-1/2 in.; salt glaze jug with cobalt floral decoration, stamped "CHOLLAR DARBY & CO. CORTLAND", cobalt "2", New York circa 1835 -1839, 12-1/4 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions with minor glaze and clay body chips, base edge wear and chips, residue, Lehew jar with 12 in. radial crack around base at angle, 3/4 in. rim chip, other minor rim chips, decorated Bell jar with 3/4 in. rim chip, long curving hairline crack from mid body to rim, other minor chips to rim and interior rim, undecorated Bell jar with 1 in. rim chip, other minor rim chips and abrasions, Cortland jug with rim chips abrasions, abrasion at handle, abrasions to belly of jar, exterior surfaces of jars possibly treated