Lot #: 376
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 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.
Unusual Five-Gallon Cobalt-and-Albany-Slip-Decorated Stoneware Jug, Stamped "M," Union Stoneware Company, Red Wing, MN, fourth quarter 19th century, large-sized, cylindrical jug, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt "5" above a "bee stinger" motif. Top of jug dipped in Albany slip. Impressed "M" at base on reverse. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some light fry to cobalt. H 16".
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