Lot #: 582
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jugs, American, circa 1875, a five-gallon double-handled jug with cobalt floral decoration and script "5", Midwestern origin; paired with a four-gallon jug with cobalt floral decoration and script "4", stamped "A.J. BUTTLER / MANUFACTURER / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.". Double-handled jug in excellent condition with some light fry to cobalt and two small in-the-firing contact marks to reverse. Buttler jug with a long, shallow flake to top of spout, a small spout chip, and a small, glazed-over spout chip, as well as two short lines to side of jug at midsection, and some in-the-firing discoloration to surface.
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