Lot #: 103
Price Realized: $862.50
($750 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.
Exceptional Five-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Bird on Stump Decoration, Stamped "E. & L.P. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1870, large-sized cylindrical jug with semi-squared spout, decorated with a finely slip-trailed design of a bird with long tail and crest, perched on a heavily-detailed stump flanked by shrubs. Outstanding decoration on an unusually large-sized jug for this maker. Professional restoration to surface of base extending up the jug's front, presumably thin cracks or hairlines. A long thin, unrestored Y-shaped crack on underside. 2 1/2" T-shaped hairline on bottom half of stump.
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