Lot #: 109
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×Sold! $3,500.
Extremely Rare Miniature Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jug, attributed to the Thompson Pottery, Morgantown, WV, circa 1860, narrow-bodied, semi-ovoid jug with broad spout and delicate rounded handle, heavily-decorated on the front with a series of brushed circles flanked by dashes. Further decorated above with a cross-like motif. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Related decorative elements can be found adorning the shoulders of other Thompson products, including a people-decorated pitcher and jar illustrated in Duez, Horvath, and Heindl, "The Stoneware Years of the Thompson Potters of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1854-1890," Ceramics in America 2011, figs. 49 and 50. Only the second Morgantown miniature that we have ever offered. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 4 1/2".