Lot #: 250
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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.
Four-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jug, Stamped "O.L. & A.K. BALLARD. / BURLINGTON, VT.," circa 1860, cylindrical jug with squared spout, decorated with a large slip-trailed flowering vine, featuring dots at the center of the blossom. Some bubbling to cobalt. 1 5/8" chip to spout. Some small, in-the-firing wrinkles in the clay at base on reverse. Shallow 5/8" chip to side of handle.
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