Lot #: 459
Price Realized: $383.50
($325 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Two Pieces of A.E. SMITH & SONS, / MANUFACTURERS, / 38 Peck Slip, N.Y. Stoneware with Floral Decorations, circa 1855, a three-gallon, squat-shaped jar with slip-trailed floral motif and a four-gallon churn stamped with A.E. Smith & Sons maker's mark on front and reverse, decorated on the front with a brushed floral motif, including early wooden lid. Jar with crack across underside, continuing up side of jar to handle area, where it forms a long Y. Additional hairlines to jar's front and a 1 1/2" line above jar's left handle. Churn with 1" base chip and a smaller chip to inner rim for lid. Typical wear to wooden lid.
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