Lot of Three: American Stoneware Jugs incl. Iron Oxide Dipped Example attrib. Boston

Summer 2023 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 534

Price Realized: $480.00

($400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Three Northeastern U.S. Stoneware Jugs, first quarter 19th century, an ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout, decorated with dipped iron-oxide to the upper and lower body under a light salt glaze, attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, MA, early 19th century; an Albany-slip-glazed jug, probably NY State origin, circa 1825; and a one-gallon ovoid jug with heavily-tooled spout spout, cobalt-decorated handle terminals, and salt-glazed surface, CT origin, early 19th century. Literature: Tallest illustrated in "Stoneware, Prized Ware of Old Time Potters," Encyclopedia of Collectables, Time-Life Books, 1980, p. 136. Iron-dipped jug with a chip to interior of spout, in otherwise excellent condition. Smallest with in-the-firing chips to bottom edge and an in-the-firing contact mark to side of jug. Tallest with base chips, some typical in-the-firing pings and flaws to surface, and an in-the-firing, the handle with a glazed-over chip with iron inclusion. H (of iron-dipped jug) 9 1/2".




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