Lot #: 20
Price Realized: $2,280.00
($1,900 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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jug with Albany, NY Advertising, Albany, NY origin, circa 1830, ovoid jug with semi-squared spout, impressed at the shoulder with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "J.D. & J.A. JACKSON / IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN / WINES.AND.LIQUORS / CORNER.OF / SOUTH MARKET & DIVISION ST / ALBANY." Decorated below with a large brushed tulip featuring an undulating stem. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty-year private collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. Some minor, glazed-over fissures to handle terminals, which occurred in the firing. A 3 1/2" cross-shaped line to side of jug, emanating from a surface chip.
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