Lot #: 271
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Fine One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pheasant-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1855, cylindrical jug with semi-rounded spout, decorated with an artistically slip-trailed design of a pheasant with turned head and long tail, perched on the branch of a tree stump. Cobalt highlights to maker's and capacity marks. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently found in New Jersey. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with two small, glazed-over iron pings on reverse, and a minor glazed-over surface line at upper handle terminal.
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