Lot #: 541
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Massachusetts Stoneware Jugs, 19th century, a one-gallon ovoid jug, stamped "T,CRAFTS & CO / WHATELY," paired with a two-gallon jug stamped, "CHARLESTOWN," circa 1825. Crafts jug with salt drips to surface, a small chip and nick to spout, several short surface lines, and two small in-the-firing iron pings. Charlestown jug with tight lines descending from the spout to the midsection and a small in-the-firing contact mark to top of handle. H (of Crafts jug) 12".
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