Lot #: 462
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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.
Two Wilkes County, North Carolina Stoneware Jugs, possibly J.W. Carpenter, fourth quarter 19th century, an ovoid, salt-glazed example and an alkaline-glazed example with two flattened sides. Both in excellent, essentially as-made conditon. Salt-glazed example with three in-the-firing contact marks to base and underside. H (of alkaline-glazed jug) 9 1/2".
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