Lot #: 303
Price Realized: $2,006.00
($1,700 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.
Outstanding Five-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Large Cobalt Pheasant-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "HUDSON N.Y. POTTERY," Benjamin Wolford at the Hudson, New York pottery of Amos S. Hover and Charles Fingar, circa 1870, large-sized jug with squared spout, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a ring-necked pheasant with crest and turned head, perched on a stump atop a heavily-shrubbed ground. Nice spotted and striped details to bird and stump. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Desirable subject matter, drawn in an exceptionally large size, extending 13 3/8" up the front of the jug. In-the-firing contact marks to surface, some including adhered clay, the most notable of which is on the front center of the jug. A base chip on front of jug. H 19 1/4".
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