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Americana & International - Session Two

Thu, Oct 6, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 727

Chester County, Pennsylvania stoneware watercooler

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for
$13,640
Sold Price includes BP

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$0 $25
$500 $50
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$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000
$500,000 $50,000

Outstanding Chester County, Pennsylvania two gallon stoneware watercooler, 19th c., with a bold cobalt spread wing eagle clutching an olive branch, with a banner inscribed J. P. M. Grier's Stone Pottery M. Jordan - All Kinds of Stoneware Constantly on hand, and a single flower with swag on verso, 11 1/2" h. This is a scarce form by this potter and probably his finest work extant. The Mount Jordan Pottery was operated by the Grier family from 1828 until 1910. Provenance: Purchased at an on site auction for the Estate of Ralph J. Grier II, in Oxford, Pennsylvania, August 1994; the Collection of Dr. Jerry and Anna Case, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Condition

A few very small rim flakes, small surface rub on one handle, overall very good condition.

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