Rare JOHN YOUNG. & CO / HARRISBURG PA Stoneware Jug w/ Slip-Trailed Decoration

Summer 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 352

Price Realized: $3,600.00

($3,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Scarce Two-Gallon Decorated Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "JOHN YOUNG. & CO / HARRISBURG PA," circa 1856-58, cylindrical jug with semi-rounded spout, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a fan-shaped flower with brushed details to the leaves. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and lower handle terminal. Provenance: Crocker Farm, Inc., May 19, 2007, lot 306. Very nice condition with some tight, short vertical lines to base, a 3 1/2" Y-shaped line to underside, and an in-the-firing contact mark at base of decoration. H 15".