Lot #: 452
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Contemporary Six-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug with Incised Bird Decoration, Signed "BH," Billy Ray Hussey, Bennett, North Carolina, ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, the surface covered in a tannish alkaline glaze and decorated with an incised design of a bird perched on a leaf below the number "6". Black-glazed highlights to decoration. Underside incised "6". Excellent essentially as-made condition with some firing cracks on underside. H 18".
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