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"U + S" Whites Utica Stoneware Bird Jug
October 31, 2009 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 99Price Realized: $575.00 (Price includes 15% buyer's premium).
Rare Squat-Shaped Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Fantail Bird Decoration and the Inscription "U + S," Stamped "WHITE'S UTICA," circa 1875, short, wide stoneware jug with applied strap handle, decorated with a slip-trailed bird with long fan-shaped tail in a running stance atop a stylized tree branch. The inscription "U + S" is written above the bird in cobalt script. Jug measures about one gallon. Rim chip. Some fry to cobalt. H 10 1/2".
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