Lot #: 96
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Very Rare Miniature Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1850, highly-ovoid jug with tooled spout, decorated with a leafy vine extending around the midsection. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Cobalt-decorated stoneware jugs produced in Baltimore are considered exceptionally rare. The rarity of this example is compounded by its diminutive size. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 4 1/2".
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