Lot #: 78
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.
Scarce Three-Gallon Stoneware Cream Jar with Cobalt House Scene, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNIGTON VT", circa 1855, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a house on a hill, the background featuring a split-rail fence and pine tree, the foreground additionally decorated with a fence. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. A popular Norton design. Significant restoration to jar below decoration, to the left and right sides, and to the reverse. A large spider crack on reverse, extending onto underside. Flakes to reverse. A short, glazed-over separation in rim on reverse. A tight spider line to right of tree on front.
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