Lot #: 48
Price Realized: $2,070.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pheasant Decoration, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1855, cylindrical jug with sloped shoulder and semi-squared spout, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a long-tailed pheasant with turned head, perched on a tree stump. Overall very nice condition. Glazed-over base chip on reverse. Two other very small, glazed-over base chips. In-the-firing crack in base of handle. 1" wrinkle in clay on front. Wear to interior of spout.
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