Lot #: 14
Price Realized: $1,800.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Flower Basket Decoration, Stamped "F.B. NORTON & CO. / WORCESTER, MASS.," circa 1870, cylindrical jug with semi-rounded spout, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a cross-hatched basket, brimming with a floral spray accented with dotted trails. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Very nice condition with in-the-firing chips to base, two small chips to interior of spout, a small in-the-firing ping to left side, and a minor in-the-firing fissure to underside. H 14".
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