Lot #: 140
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug, Catawba Valley, NC origin, probably Thomas Ritchie, Lincoln County, second half 19th century, highly-ovoid jug with ribbed handle and scalloped incising to shoulder, the surface covered in streaky olive-green alkaline glaze. Two adjacent reglued sections to spout. In-the-firing fissures to underside. Some in-the-firing clay residue to shoulder. Some minor traces of old bluish paint to surface. H 14".
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