Lot #: 375
Price Realized: $1,003.00
($850 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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 Coggled Bird-and-Leaf Decoration, Stamped "RUM", attributed to Branch Green, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1820, highly-ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, decorated around the shoulder with a coggled design of a bird holding a leaf in its beak with light cobalt highlight. Impressed with the word "RUM" and a two-gallon capacity mark below spout. Large, approximately 8" X-shaped diagonal line extending from base on right side of jug. Base chips. A piece of adhered clay at base on reverse. Some bloated spots to surface.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceedingly Rare & Important Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Face Jug
Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Bank w/ Bird Finial
Fine Philadelphia Redware Plate, 18th century
Exceptional Slip-Decorated Philadelphia Redware Loaf Dish, 18th century
Highly Important and Monumental Remmey Family Masterwork, Philadelphia, 1828
Exceedingly Rare Richard Remmey, Philadelphia, Stoneware Puzzle Mug
Important Philadelphia Redware Abolitionist Charger: "Remember Him that is in Bonds"
