Lot #: 414
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Four Pieces of Canadian Stoneware, 19th century, a two-gallon jar with bird decoration, stamped "J.A. MAILLOUX / GROCERS. / NO. 38 / RUE DE LA COURONNE. / ST. ROCH.," with salt-glazed lid, attributed to the Ballard Pottery, Burlington, VT; a two-gallon jug with bird decoration, stamped "FLACK & VAN ARSDALE. CORNWALL, ONT"; a five-gallon jug with floral decoration, stamped "FROM THE / INDIA-WAREHOUSE / NO 26 RIDEAU-STREET / OTTAWA"; and a two-gallon jar with floral decoration, stamped "J.T. HAZEN / ST. JOHNS C.E.". Maillouz jar with some separation to cobalt slip, a large, wide crack extending from underside up reverse to end of right handle, a recessed area on reverse, small chips to one handle, a minor chip to opposite handle, some shallow chips top and interior of rim, whitish residue to lid, and two small chips to lid. Flack & Van Arsdale jug with iron ping to front, small flake and small stone ping to spout, small base chip, and a small area of clay residue at base. Ottawa jug with some fry to cobalt and a salt drip to front. Hazen jar with significant, unstable cracks and wire around rim.
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