Lot #: 419
Price Realized: $450.00
($375 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jugs, NY State origin, third quarter 19th century, a two-gallon ovoid jug with slip-trailed leaf decoration, stamped "JOHN BURGER. / ROCHESTER," paired with a two-gallon cylindrical jug with bold slip-trailed floral motif, stamped "F.A. GALE / GALES-VILLE.N.Y." Burger jug with staining, a 2 3/4" line on underside extending 4 1/4" diagonally at base on side of jug, and some in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge. Gale jug with a 2 3/4" line on underside, continuing 1 1/4" up reverse, a 1 1/4" line at base on front, a 3" spider crack from spout, a large and small spout chip, salt residue to interior of spiut, and two small handle chips. H (of Burger jug) 14 3/4".
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