Lot #: 36
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Advertising Jug with Cobalt Parrot Decoration, Stamped "P.H. CARPENTER & CO / SOUTHBRIDGE MASS.," attributed to F.B. Norton, Worcester, Mass., circa 1870, cylindrical jug with rounded spout, decorated with a large slip-trailed parrot with crest and heavily-shaded breast and wing, perched on a leaf. Provenance: Lynn White Collection, Readfield, ME. Contact mark at base touched up with blue paint. Blue paint over impressed mark. 1" flake off underside. Chips on interior of spout. H 15 1/2".
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