Lot #: 400
Price Realized: $383.50
($325 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 Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jugs, NY State origin, second half 19th century, one with brushed flowering vine motif, stamped "N. CLARK, JR. / ATHENS, N.Y.", paired with an advertising jug, inscribed "E.M. Hanrahan / Binghamton / N.Y.", stamped "E.W. FARRINGTON, / ELMIRA, N.Y.". Clark jug in essentially as-made condition with spots of fry to cobalt. Farrington jug in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a faint in-the-firing contact mark to front.
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