Lot #: 102
Price Realized: $295.00
($250 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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 Pieces of Stoneware, Northeastern U.S. origin, fourth quarter 19th century, a five-gallon jug with impressed and cobalt-highlighted swan motif, below the advertising, "A.G. SMALLEY & Co / No. 18 Blackstone St., / BOSTON", attributed to Gardiner Stoneware Co., Gardiner, ME; paired with a four-gallon jug with elaborate slip-trailed floral spray, impressed "NEW YORK / STONEWARE CO.". Boston advertising jug with a 1" flake to side of spout and a salt drip to side. New York Stoneware Company jug with some fry to cobalt and a salt drip to reverse.
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