Lot #: 429
Price Realized: $570.00
($475 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 Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jugs, Stamped "B.B. CRAIG / VALE, N.C.," early fourth quarter 20th century, both of ovoid form with applied facial features and china teeth, one coated in a dark glaze with rutile, the other with swirled glaze. Both impressed with the maker's mark of Burlon B. Craig on underside. Dark-glazed example with a 1 1/8" section of one ear reglued. Both in otherwise excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of taller) 12".
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