Lot #: 356
Price Realized: $1,062.00
($900 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Elaborate Buffalo, NY Advertising and Cobalt Floral Decoration, Buffalo, NY origin, circa 1840, highly-ovoid jug with semi-rounded spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising, "COPAL VARNISH NO. 1 / FROM / LUCIUS H. PRATT / GENERAL DEALER.IN / GROCERIES PAINTS.OILS &C / NO 163 OPPOSITE.THE. / COMMERCIAL.BANK / MAIN.STREET.BUFFALO.NY." Midsection decorated with a large tulip motif including dashes to the interior of the blossom. Cobalt highlight to capacity mark. A spout chip and some in-the-firing roughness along top edge of spout. A minor in-the-firing contact mark to front. Some staining to surface. Minor base wear.
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