Lot #: 434
Price Realized: $570.00
($475 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 Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Northeastern U.S. origin, third quarter 19th century, a one-and-a-half-gallon jar with slip-trailed pheasant-on-stump decoration, stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT," circa 1855, paired with a one-gallon jug with slip-trailed date, "1875," stamped "WEST TROY, / POTTERY." Norton jar with a poorly-restored section to rear end area of bird, a few small chips to interior of rim, numerous tiny chips to inner rim for lid, and a small U-shaped surface line to left side of jar's front. West Troy jug with heavy salting to surface, and two small in-the-firing contact marks to shoulder,
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