Lot #: 130
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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 Lidded Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "L. NORTON/ BENNINGTON," VT origin, circa 1830, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared collar, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of a flowering plant with sinuous stem. Cobalt highlights to maker's and capacity mark. Includes original salt-glazed lid. Two short cracks in collar. Some staining to surface. A small chip and minor nick to interior of rim. Wear and numerous tiny chips to inner rim for lid. An in-the-firing iron drip to front. A 1 1/4" x 3/4" flake to edge of lid and two other smaller edge chips.
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