Lot #: 9
Price Realized: $2,520.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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 Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pheasant-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "J. NORTON & CO / BENNINGTON VT.," circa 1860, cylindrical jug with semi-rounded spout, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a pheasant with turned head, perched on a forked trunk atop a shrubbed ground. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. A salt drip to pheasant. A fairly innocuous, in-the-firing contact mark to right of pheasant. An approximately 2" x 2" network of lines to right side of spout. A tiny inverted U-shaped line to spout. Some fry to cobalt. Very minor surface wear. H 16".
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