Lot #: 9
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 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.
Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Impressed Fish Decoration, Stamped "J FENTON," Jonathan Fenton, Dorset, VT, circa 1800-1810, ovoid jug with footed base, slip-coated surface, and heavy tooling to shoulder and spout, featuring an impressed design of a fish. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, fish, and handle terminals. Few examples of this quality produced at Jonathan Fenton's early Dorset, Vermont operation are known. Some blue touch-up to 1" area of an in-the-firing contact mark on cheek area of fish. Otherwise excellent condition. H 11 3/4".
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