Lot #: 271
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jug with Stenciled Grapes Motif, Stenciled "J.M. HARDEN / Palatine. WVa.," circa 1875, ovoid jug with tooling to shoulder and spout, featuring a stenciled grape vine design above intricate J.M. Harden maker's stenciling. Stenciled "3" underscored by a freehand stripe at base. Rare freehand dash and stripe decoration to spout and handle. Cobalt highlight to lower handle terminal. Provenance: Crocker Farm, Inc., Summer 2023, lot 352. Spout chips. A minor in-the-firing surface fissure above upper handle terminal. A 7 1/4" long contact mark to right side of jug including clay residue. Some light staining. H 15 3/4".
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