Lot #: 419
Price Realized: $960.00
($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare One-Gallon Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher with Molded Eagle Motif, Stamped "H. HUMISTON / SOUTH-AMBOY," NJ origin, circa 1830, ovoid pitcher with flaring collar and angled rim molding, decorated with a molded and applied design of a Federal eagle with shield across its chest, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons. Chipping to spout. An in-the-firing loss to one wing of bird and some in-the-firing glaze spalling to eagle. A minor chip to base of molding below collar. A minor in-the-firing ping to molding below collar. A tiny nick to base of rim. H 10 3/4".
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