Lot #: 4
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Half-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Iron Oxide Decoration, Stamped "BOSTON," Jonathan Fenton or Frederick Carpenter, Boston, MA, late 18th century, ovoid jug with coggled twisted rope motif around the shoulder, heavily-tooled spout, and the impressed city name "BOSTON", the shoulder and base with dipped iron-oxide slip. Desirable size and coggling. A particularly early example of Boston stoneware, featuring a "B" in "BOSTON" the same size as the remainder of the name. 1 1/4" chip to front surface, probably in-the-firing. Some wear and fine-grained exfoliation to surface. Two in-the-firing contact marks to handle. Minor glazed-over spout nick and other light spout wear, all of which appears to be in-the-firing. H 9 3/4".
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