Lot #: 479
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.
Four Salt-Glazed Stoneware Articles, Northeastern U.S. origin, primarily 19th century, an inkwell with heavy incised banding on the sides and top, 18th or early 19th century; a blob-top bottle with cobalt-highlighted mark "J FRANCIS / HOP BEER"; a molded flask, embossed "PAT AUG 11 1891"; and a miniature jug with cobalt-highlighted mark "M F ARMSTRONG & CO / 104 CANAL ST / BOSTON MASS". Inkwell with several chips. Bottle with a few base chips, a hole in underside, restoration to spout, and traces of old paint. Flask in excellent condition with a small, faint spider line on underside. Jug missing handle, with shallow base chip. H (of miniature jug) 4 1/2".
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