Lot #: 165
Price Realized: $560.50
($475 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-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Elaborate Cobalt Bird and Floral Decoration, Stamped "W.H. FARRAR & Co. / GEDDES. N.Y.", circa 1860, cylindrical jug with squared spout, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a bird perched on a looping flourish, facing two flowers. Excellent details throughout, including crosshatched slip-trailing to bird's wing, and stripes to bird's body and flower petals. Slip-trailed "2" to right of bird, underscored by graduated cobalt dashes. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Fry to cobalt. An in-the-firing iron ping to shoulder on reverse. A minor in-the-firing ping to base. Two minor chips to bottom edge, probably in-the-firing.
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