Lot #: 321
Price Realized: $480.00
($400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Iron-Decorated Stoneware Jug with Impressed Hearts Motif, Stamped "CHARLESTOWN," attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, MA, circa 1812-1827, ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, featuring two impressed hearts below the maker's mark. Surface decorated with dipped iron-oxide decoration to the upper and lower body. Typical in-the-firing flaws to surface. A faint 3 1/2" vertical line and 2" vertical line near base, possibly in the firing. H 15".
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